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Newark upon Trent & the Historical Disused Railway Walk What did i find at the end? #railway

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What did i find at the end? Newark upon Trent & the Historical Disused Railway Walk

Join me as i visit Newark upon Trent in Nottinghamshire to follow a Disused former Railway steeped in industruial history. Our start point is Newark Northgate Station & we pick up the former Great Northern Railway route towards Bottesford and then Melton Mowbray.

Today, the first half towards Bottesford is easily walkable, and this is the section i cover today getting as far as Cotham, the only intermediate Railway Staion between Newark & Bottesford.

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20 Comments

@maccydobson2264 4 years ago (edited)

Also the building you went to is called the powder house where the gypsum was crushed into powder. The mill stones are still inside. The oily brick work is from the motors that turned the g4indstones. Upper floor was the bagging area.

@roberttatlow5535 4 years ago

Travelled this line on a charter, still have the timetable. I now use the remains of the trackbed as a ground feature when flying south in a glider. Really stands out well to Bottesford

@CountryCCycling 4 years ago

i cycle that route very often. nice to see the stuff i have not seen before. my mate ian has been really interested in how it looks south of newark road.

@MAX-tw3qz 4 years ago

I cycle this route often. Thanks for the nostalgia.

@petersavage9938 4 years ago

Why on earth did they stop the conversion into a cycle path there? It's middle of nowhere.

@shirleylynch7529 4 years ago

Fantastic explore. Loved the music. Great filming. Well done. Excellent work. Thank you for sharing

@ExoticTropicTrees 4 years ago

The start of my railway career my job was to patrol the line from Bottesford to Newark.
The van at cotham was used by a coal merchant.
There is at the Newark end of the track a locomotive derailed and is in the lake.

@trainmanbob 4 years ago

Very interesting Ant as I live in Newark!! I never knew about the loco in the lake as mentioned in Michael Reynolds post. I have asked him if any info available. Super video as always Ant. Thank you.

@warwickman8177 4 years ago

As the normal route between Nottingham and Newark (via Lowdham) was closed overnight the Crewe - Lincoln TPO was booked to run over this line.

@bobingram6912 4 years ago

That was a good old trek with a "pot of gold at the end"!!! How the heck is that building still stood standing, interesting inside though👍👍👍Cheeres Ant.

@RichardFelstead1949 4 years ago

Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Australia.

@benabel7326 4 years ago

Thanks for this, I'm disappoint with myself for not knowing about this walk. I shall look forward when you might get around to part 2.

@simonbradshaw3708 4 years ago

Thank you for sharing another really enjoyable video, such a shame it closed in the 80's having managed to survive the Beeching cuts. Look forward to you hopefully exploring more of this line later in the year.

@christopherbraiden6713 4 years ago

Thanks for the video, very interesting and informative, beautiful bridges along the route. The old building is very special but not going to be there much longer!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧

@CalumW1874 3 years ago

I got concussion their from riding a pit bike at 17:10 😂😂

@Westernmonitor 4 years ago

What a great video Ant. Cannot wait to see part 2

@michaelmiller641 4 years ago (edited)

Railway, dead straight as a die! Wonderful video expertly made , thanks Ant

@philliphammond399 4 years ago

Hi Ant, fantastic video with excellent drone shots. Some lovely structures on the walk. Good information with old photos accompanied by very good choice of music. Thank you.