Blunsdon railway station
Blunsdon railway station is a station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, a heritage line in Wiltshire, England. The first station on the site was built in 1895 to serve the villages of Blunsdon St Andrew and Broad Blunsdon, north of Swindon, and closed in 1937.Photo: Tim Walker, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Blunsdon Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hayes Knoll railway station and Haydon Meadow.
Hayes Knoll railway station
Railway station
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hayes Knoll railway station is found on the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire, England. Hayes Knoll station was built in 1999 as part of the work to reopen the section of the former Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade, the entire route having been closed in 1961. Hayes Knoll railway station is situated 2,400 feet north of Blunsdon railway station.
Haydon Meadow
Meadow
Haydon Meadow known locally as Clifford Meadow is a 6.39 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1999. The site lies within the Parish of Haydon Wick and is home to Anacamptis morio a rare protected species of Orchid family Orchidaceae. Haydon Meadow is situated 1 mile southeast of Blunsdon railway station.
Taw Valley Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taw Valley Halt railway station is the current southern terminus of the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, a heritage railway line in Wiltshire, South-West England. Taw Valley Halt railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Blunsdon railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purton Stoke and Widham.
Purton Stoke
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton Stoke is a small village in north Wiltshire, England, within the civil parish of Purton. The village lies along a side road off the Purton to Cricklade road, approximately 1.5 miles north of Purton village.
Widham
Hamlet
Widham is a hamlet now encompassed within the village and parish of Purton, Wiltshire, England.
Purton
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham. Purton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Blunsdon railway station.
Blunsdon railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Purton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.60738° or 51° 36′ 27″ northLongitude
-1.84386° or 1° 50′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C3WJ544+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 772988283OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q4930769
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Blunsdon railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Blunsdon”
- French: “Blunsdon”
- Urdu: “بلنسڈن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tadpole Bridge and Tadpole Garden Village Nature Park.
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