Ferry Meadows railway station
Overton is a station on the Nene Valley Railway between Wansford and Orton Mere. It was originally named Ferry Meadows, the name change being made in 2017.Photo: Peter Skuce, Public domain.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Orton Longueville, the UK
- Also known as: “Ferry Meadows (NVR”, “Ferry Meadows Station”, and “Overton for Ferry Meadows”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Longthorpe Tower.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Ferry Meadows railway station.
Longthorpe Tower
Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longthorpe Tower is a 14th-century three-storey tower in the Longthorpe area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. It is famous for its well-preserved set of medieval murals. Longthorpe Tower is situated 1 mile northeast of Ferry Meadows railway station.
Thorpe Wood
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thorpe Wood is a 10 hectare nature reserve on the western outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orton and Longthorpe.
Orton
Suburb
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orton is a suburb of the City of Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire, England, about 3 miles south west of Peterborough city centre to the south of the River Nene.
Longthorpe
Suburb
Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located two miles west from the city centre, the area covers 1,390 acres.
Castor
Village
Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castor is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4 miles west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former Soke of Peterborough, which was considered part of Northamptonshire until 1888 and then Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire. Castor is situated 2 miles northwest of Ferry Meadows railway station.
Ferry Meadows railway station
- Categories: tourism, station, and transportation
- Location: Orton Longueville, Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.55891° or 52° 33′ 32″ northLongitude
-0.30259° or 0° 18′ 9″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C4XHM5W+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 304363347OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=heritage_railway
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Ferry Meadows railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Ferry Meadows”
- French: “Ferry Meadows”
- Urdu: “فیری میڈوز ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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