Loddington Dismantled Railway
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Parking near to St Michael’s Church, Loddington. Follow public footpath southwards to small road. Cross over and north section has a small Natural England Interpretation Sign and Access map to the site.
Private – Permissive path
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This former railway line was part of the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway which opened between 1879-1883 to transport iron ore, agricultural produce and passengers.
This section of track has a permissive pathway of herb-rich short grassland which is maintained by selective scrub control in the northern section. Log piles and tall herbs are present on the path edges which then extend into denser Hawthorn and Blackthorn scrub on the banks of the former railway line.
A small sign at the northern access point onto the track explains how important these sections of old railway line are to connect woodland and habitats across the landscape. Some grassland plants found here would have colonised the railway line at the time when unimproved pastures that surrounded the line were much more abundant.
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