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Railway Swing Bridge

Rewley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
 
 
 
Sheepwash Channel Junction½ furlongs
Sheepwash Channel footbridge¼ furlongs
Roger Dudman Way Footbridge¼ furlongs
Roger Dudman Way Bridge¼ furlongs
Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridgea few yards
Railway Swing Bridge
Rewley Road Bridgea few yards
Castle Mill Stream Junction¼ furlongs
Isis Lock No 46½ furlongs
Isis Lock Junction¾ furlongs
Railway Swing Bridge is a minor waterways place on the River Thames (Sheepwash Channel) between Isis Lock Junction (¾ furlongs and 1 lock to the northeast) and Sheepwash Channel Junction (Junction of the River Thames with the branch to the Oxford Canal ) (½ furlongs to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Isis Lock Junction is Rewley Road Bridge; a few yards away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Sheepwash Channel Junction is Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge (Line from Birmingham to Reading); a few yards away.

Places of interest within 1 mile and to which this is the nearest place: Mainline railway stations (1 furlong away)

This is a swing bridge that is usually left open.

 

 

User contributed information about Railway Swing Bridge
This former LMS / LNWR Swing Bridge is one of only two scheduled Swing Bridges in England and is the last significant hand –operated main-line rail Swing Bridge in existence in Britain. It connected the LNWR passenger and goods station to the south with the LNWR locomotive depot and lines to Bicester and Bletchley to the north. It was abandoned in the 1940s. The Swing Bridge is owned by Network Rail and is now in a very poor state of repair as is highlighted by its inclusion in the English Heritage ‘Heritage At Risk’ Register 2011. Today Oxford Preservation Trust is working with key partners including Network Rail, Chiltern Railways, the Railway Heritage Trust, English Heritage and the City Council to try to ensure the protection of this monument and improve its interpretation. Information from Oxford Preservation Trust.

 

 
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Club
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