Good video, as patriots we also want to preserve history and stop concreting on England's green and pleasent land. We also would bring back the local Railways back in which Doctor Beeching happily dismantled and butchered in the 60s and 70s. Join us at Patriotic Alternative 🏴🇬🇧
We used to go walking round this area. So many happy memories. I lost them all my mum my partner my best friend within seven months. Just not the same going on my own now. At my lowest point I thought it would be the perfect place to end my life.
Thanks for your kind words. Much appreciated. Im trying to focus on the good times. And really want to get out there again enjoying the beauty of the Wolds.
The landowner has now put up some heavy duty fencing to stop enthusiasts like us from getting near the tunnel. You used to be able to walk down off the road from beside the bridge, but he's made it a lot more difficult now. It is a site of scientific interest and he is using that as an excuse to stop others enjoying the area. The Bardney end of Withcall tunnel opens out onto the Stenigot Estate which is private, so access to that end is not possible without permission, sadly, unless like me you went one high summer morning about 4am!!!
brill i have walked this a few times its willingham high st tunnel the other tunnel on the old Louth Bardney line is near to Louth at withcall thyoue trackbed can be walked ask permission the tunnel is bricked up not sure about the other end from Bardney to get to that it looks like walking over farm land .As you walk from Withcall on your right at the side is a memorial of two pilots but there by the farmer
@@philipmadhatter4006 yes the withcall end is the wall ( brick ) is recessed in the tunnel with a steel door .not sure of other end as its a cross county hike to get to it .on my Instagram grahamclark9007 i have photos of it taken 2yrs ago
@@philipmadhatter4006 i hope to find it this year ,last time i went up to withcall i asked permission to walk the trackbed from a farmer who was at the silos and it was him and his dad who putbthe memorial to the 2 polish aircrew who crashed in a mosquito on the side of the track right hand side as going up to the tunnel
What direction from the town is this? I’m young and want to learn more / see this sort of think in person and maybe walk some of it. I’ve walked part of the old railway going northbound from louth, but that’s it
This is west of Louth, just south west of Donington on Bain. If you look on an OS map the old line runs just south of DOB, east to west, and then disappears into the hillside before coming out a mile later.
@Owen Adlam, there is a book called The Louth to Bardney Branch by W.B. Herbert & A.J. Ludlam that is packed with photos and info to tell you all you need to know. 2nd edition if you can find one. I got both from Amazon. Hope this helps.
The more publicity this gets, the more support can be injected into a future campaign to get this part of Lincolnshire back on the rail network. Areas like this have suffered economic stagnation because politicians have turned their back. A car economy is useless in any area.
Sadly this line closed long before the presevation movements were born, Steam was still running when this line closed to passengers, the junction south from the mainline between Louth and Boston was down at the bottom of the lane where I lived, but as kids we played where the old line ran, most of the cutting had been filled but there was still some visible behind the old greenhouses of the Market gardens at the bottom of Watts lane which ran into where Addisons, and Anglia Polythene factories later stood before going under the road where Newmarket merged into Kenwick road before going out passed the old tip on London road. Louth was a main junction with both Bardney branches and the Mablethorpe branch splitting off from the mainline south to Boston, I remember going to Mablethorpe on the train, which would have been one of the last few months the service ran before it was closed
Good video, as patriots we also want to preserve history and stop concreting on England's green and pleasent land. We also would bring back the local Railways back in which Doctor Beeching happily dismantled and butchered in the 60s and 70s. Join us at Patriotic Alternative 🏴🇬🇧
Great video enjoyed so much
Thanks Gary!
We used to go walking round this area. So many happy memories. I lost them all my mum my partner my best friend within seven months. Just not the same going on my own now. At my lowest point I thought it would be the perfect place to end my life.
Hold onto those happy memories - it certainly is a beautiful area to share with others.
Thanks for your kind words. Much appreciated. Im trying to focus on the good times. And really want to get out there again enjoying the beauty of the Wolds.
Love this!!
Cheers Shane
Brilliant
Graham Clark Thank you Graham!
Sad. People like you are helping to keep local history alive.
There's probably alot of yuppie locals who have no idea there was ever a railway there.
The landowner has now put up some heavy duty fencing to stop enthusiasts like us from getting near the tunnel. You used to be able to walk down off the road from beside the bridge, but he's made it a lot more difficult now. It is a site of scientific interest and he is using that as an excuse to stop others enjoying the area. The Bardney end of Withcall tunnel opens out onto the Stenigot Estate which is private, so access to that end is not possible without permission, sadly, unless like me you went one high summer morning about 4am!!!
Disappointing, but understandable from the land owners perspective.
What is the song at 1:46
It's a royal by free track from UA-cam. All the same song. I can find the track title if you like?
@@richardesty please that would be great
@@NELincsTrainspotting Hi it's Kygo feat. Conrad Firestone Instrumental 👍🏼
@@richardesty thanks, also it is sad to see rail lines like this
brill i have walked this a few times its willingham high st tunnel the other tunnel on the old Louth Bardney line is near to Louth at withcall thyoue trackbed can be walked ask permission the tunnel is bricked up not sure about the other end from Bardney to get to that it looks like walking over farm land .As you walk from Withcall on your right at the side is a memorial of two pilots but there by the farmer
Thanks for sharing Graham 👍
Withcall tunnel all bricked up by the folk wanting bats to live in there
@@philipmadhatter4006 yes the withcall end is the wall ( brick ) is recessed in the tunnel with a steel door .not sure of other end as its a cross county hike to get to it .on my Instagram grahamclark9007 i have photos of it taken 2yrs ago
Graham Clark bardney end was open last time I was exploring 😀as I’m local to the area but it’s been a while since I’ve been in there
@@philipmadhatter4006 i hope to find it this year ,last time i went up to withcall i asked permission to walk the trackbed from a farmer who was at the silos and it was him and his dad who putbthe memorial to the 2 polish aircrew who crashed in a mosquito on the side of the track right hand side as going up to the tunnel
What direction from the town is this? I’m young and want to learn more / see this sort of think in person and maybe walk some of it. I’ve walked part of the old railway going northbound from louth, but that’s it
This is west of Louth, just south west of Donington on Bain. If you look on an OS map the old line runs just south of DOB, east to west, and then disappears into the hillside before coming out a mile later.
@Owen Adlam, there is a book called The Louth to Bardney Branch by W.B. Herbert & A.J. Ludlam that is packed with photos and info to tell you all you need to know. 2nd edition if you can find one. I got both from Amazon. Hope this helps.
The more publicity this gets, the more support can be injected into a future campaign to get this part of Lincolnshire back on the rail network. Areas like this have suffered economic stagnation because politicians have turned their back.
A car economy is useless in any area.
From what I can tell there's more chance of it being turned into a cycle path...
@@richardesty That would be better than leaving it to become forgotten. Bardney to Louth would make a great cycle route.
@@jontownsend8090 Agreed - and being relatively flat would make it an attractive proposition for most cyclists.
Should have attempted to preserve this line instead of Louth to Grimsby as more scenic and lots more features instead of just a straight flat line.
That's a really good point Robert. I have some footage of the Steam Train at Ludborough on my channel too mind!
Why 'instead of'? Why not 'as well as'? btw -- straight+flat = easier for amateur restoration.
Sadly this line closed long before the presevation movements were born, Steam was still running when this line closed to passengers, the junction south from the mainline between Louth and Boston was down at the bottom of the lane where I lived, but as kids we played where the old line ran, most of the cutting had been filled but there was still some visible behind the old greenhouses of the Market gardens at the bottom of Watts lane which ran into where Addisons, and Anglia Polythene factories later stood before going under the road where Newmarket merged into Kenwick road before going out passed the old tip on London road. Louth was a main junction with both Bardney branches and the Mablethorpe branch splitting off from the mainline south to Boston, I remember going to Mablethorpe on the train, which would have been one of the last few months the service ran before it was closed