Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

The Cholsey and Wallingford Railway is a 2+1⁄2-mile long standard gauge heritage railway in the English county of Oxfordshire. It operates along most of the length of the former Wallingford branch of the Great Western Railway, from Cholsey station, 12 miles north of Reading on the Great Western Main Line, to a station on the outskirts of the nearby town of Wallingford.

Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Railway
Description: railway line in the UK
Also known as: “Bunk Line”, “Cholsey & Wallingford Railway”, and “The Bunk Line”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wallingford railway station and Wallingford Museum.

Wallingford railway station

Railway station

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Wallingford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wallingford. It is now part of a preserved railway.

Wallingford Museum

Museum

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Wallingford Museum is a museum with collections of local interest in the town of Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire. The museum has an extensive collection relating to the town's history. Wallingford Museum is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Cholsey and Wallingford Railway.

Wallingford Castle

Castle

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Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries". Wallingford Castle is situated 3,900 feet northeast of Cholsey and Wallingford Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winterbrook and Newnham Murren.

Winterbrook

Suburb

Winterbrook is a small settlement in the English county of Oxfordshire, which adjoins the south end of Wallingford and sits on the west bank of the Thames.

Newnham Murren

Hamlet

Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newnham Murren is a hamlet in the civil parish of Crowmarsh, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is in the Thames Valley, about 0.5 miles east of the market town of Wallingford.

Mongewell

Hamlet

Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mongewell is a village in the civil parish of Crowmarsh in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 1 mile south of Wallingford. Mongewell is on the east bank of the Thames, linked with the west bank at Winterbrook by Winterbrook Bridge.

Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

Categories: railway line, heritage railway, and transportation
Location: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.59688° or 51° 35′ 49″ north

Longitude

-1.13536° or 1° 8′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C3WHVW7+QV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 502105160

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

Wikidata ID

Q5104397

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In Other Languages

“Cholsey and Wallingford Railway” goes by many names.

Japanese: “チョルシー・アンド・ウォリングフォード鉄道”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wallingford Station and Lester Way Power Plant.

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