Bodmin and Wenford Railway
The Bodmin Railway is a 6 miles 12 chains heritage railway at Bodmin in Cornwall, England. Its headquarters are at Bodmin General railway station and it connects with the national rail network at Bodmin Parkway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: heritage railway line in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bodmin & Wenford Railway” and “Bodmin and Wenford Railway Station”
- Address: Bodmin, PL31 1AG
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bodmin General railway station and Gilbert’s Monument.
Bodmin General railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tim Walker, CC BY 2.0.
Bodmin General railway station, located in Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom, was the terminus of the Great Western Railway's Bodmin branch line, and is now the principal railway station of the heritage Bodmin & Wenford Railway.
Gilbert’s Monument
Photo: Alanherbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gilbert’s Monument is situated 1,700 feet west of Bodmin and Wenford Railway.
St Petroc’s Church, Bodmin
Church
Photo: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Petroc's Church, Bodmin, also known as Bodmin Parish Church is an Anglican parish church in the town of Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The existing church building is dated 1469–1472 and was until the building of Truro Cathedral the largest church in Cornwall. St Petroc’s Church, Bodmin is situated 1,900 feet north of Bodmin and Wenford Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bodiniel and Turfdown.
Bodiniel
Hamlet
Bodiniel is a group of small settlements in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom one mile north of Bodmin town centre. It is in the civil parish of Helland. The settlements are three farmstead hamlets on high ground overlooking the River Camel valley.
St Lawrence
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Lawrence is a hamlet southwest of Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. From the Middle Ages until 1805 St Lawrence was the site of a lazar house. In 1805 its revenues were transferred to the Truro Infirmary. St Lawrence is situated 1½ miles west of Bodmin and Wenford Railway.
Bodmin and Wenford Railway
- Categories: railway line, heritage railway, building, tourism, and railway station
- Location: Bodmin, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.46606° or 50° 27′ 58″ northLongitude
-4.7168° or 4° 43′ 1″ westLevels
1Open location code
9C2QF78M+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 111406942OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q643180
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In Other Languages
From Cornish to German—“Bodmin and Wenford Railway” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Hyns-horn Bosvenegh ha Wenford”
- Dutch: “Bodmin and Wenford Railway”
- German: “Bodmin & Wenford Railway”
- German: “Bodmin and Wenford Railway”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cornwall’s Army Museum and St Petroc’s Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 “Bodmin and Wenford Railway”. Photo: Our Phellap, CC BY-SA 3.0.