Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway was a standard gauge railway intended to open up an agricultural area of central Suffolk; it took advantage of the reduced construction cost enabled by the Light Railways Act 1896.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: heritage railway in Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Mid Suffolk Light Railway”, “Middy”, and “The Middy”
- Postal code: IP14 5PW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station and Mid Suffolk Light Railway Museum.
Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station was a station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station is situated 440 feet west of Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.
Mid Suffolk Light Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mid Suffolk Light Railway Museum is situated 440 feet west of Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.
Wetheringsett War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wetheringsett War Memorial is situated 1,100 feet west of Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wetheringsett and Brockford Street.
Wetheringsett
Village
Wetheringsett is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located to the east of the A140, it is the largest village in the parish of Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford.
Brockford Street
Village
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brockford Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, sited upon the A140 road between Ipswich and Norwich.
Thwaite
Village
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thwaite is a rural village in Suffolk, England. Thwaite is based on and around the A140 road, midway between Suffolk's county town of Ipswich and the city of Norwich, in Norfolk. Thwaite is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
- Categories: heritage railway, railway, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.25032° or 52° 15′ 1″ northLongitude
1.11926° or 1° 7′ 9″ eastOpen location code
9F437429+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 108384029OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railwayOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6840820
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dovebrook and Wetheringsett Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mid-Suffolk Light Railway”. Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.