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Railway Walks & ExplorationsA rough, illustrated, guide to the former Gotham gypsum, and other, railways - including the branch of the former Great Central Railway - and what they look like today. This is a 'work in progress'. More GCR route photos, the Barton Mine and Thrumpton Mine route photos to be completed By clicking the icon in the top left of the map window, you can select/deselect other options to view or click the icon top right to view full screen.
The Fickr photos, as seen on the map, may be viewed here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/deuchars/albums/72157668392767669
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Recommended walking routes are shown in
olive green
; these are all on public
footpaths.
The GCR and its branch are shown in purple/lilac . The Kingston Mine Railway has its own page and is shown in brown. Other railways and tramways are shown in orange .
I have found a number of websites with more information on the railways and
their history.
For a historic map of the route, follow this link and then adjust the
transparency on the slider scale to view the present day appearance:
Gotham village has an active historical society and is very interested in its own heritage - including the mines and railways. Sadly, the village web pages, which were in the following links are no longer available. I will try and track down the material in case these do not resurface... http://gothamvillage.org.uk/ and the gypsum stuff summarised about half way down this page here http://gothamvillage.org.uk/category/history/ Finally, this website https://sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/600910rc.html is a snippet of actually the two standard gauge railways into Gotham - the first 3 images being the Kingston branch and the latter two being at the Gotham branch's junction with the Great Central at East Leake and the second just outside Nottingham Victoria station on the Great Central again, respectively. |