Heritage railways · South East England
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is a heritage railway in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Spring – autumn
- Nearest railway station
- Cholsey · 0.2 km
- Family-friendly
About
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is a place of interest in Oxfordshire, South-East England. The site is within the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB). It sits within the Didcot and Wantage parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Cholsey, about 0.2 km away. Postcode area OX10.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Cholsey and Wallingford Railway is a 2+1⁄2-mile (4 km) 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 (GWR), from Cholsey station, 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading on the Great Western Main Line, to a station on the outskirts of the nearby town of Wallingford.
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Background
History
The first proposals for the Cholsey to Wallingford line date from 1861, and envisaged an independently owned route from Cholsey to Princes Risborough via Wallingford, Benson, Watlington and Chinnor. This line would have been a through route, with junctions with the Great Western Railway at Cholsey and the Wycombe Railway at Princes Risborough. In 1862, a Bill was presented to Parliament for a short branch from Cholsey to Wallingford, but this was withdrawn early in 1863, before it had come up for consideration. It was replaced by the Wallingford and Watlington Railway Bill which was passed by Parliament in July 1864. The W&WR opened as far as Wallingford on 2 July 1866. Unfortunately, two…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5721, -1.1607
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- South Oxfordshire
- Parish
- Cholsey
- Postcode
- OX10 9LW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Nearest railway station
- Cholsey — 0.2 km
Sources
- osm: w169009548 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Cholsey and Wallingford Railway (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: In the arch - geograph.org.uk - 1595343.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cholsey & Wallingford Railway?
- Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is in Oxfordshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode OX10 9LW), in the parish of Cholsey.
- Is Cholsey & Wallingford Railway a protected site?
- Yes — Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is part of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Cholsey & Wallingford Railway?
- The nearest railway station is Cholsey, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode OX10 9LW.