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These five abandoned railways make the perfect springtime ramble

These five abandoned railways make the perfect springtime ramble

Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life with this selection of epic walks along some of Britain’s ‘lost’ railway routes.

4 min

03/04/2024

Step into autumn with these five picturesque walks along Britain’s long-lost railway lines

Step into autumn with these five picturesque walks along Britain’s long-lost railway lines

Each of these five footpaths, trails and cycleways were once booming train-lines, some of which fell victim to Dr Richard Beeching’s 1963 report The Reshaping of British Railways, while others had been lost to the wilderness many years before.

4 min

25/11/2022

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