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Looking south-west across the lake
©The Dewdrops
This pretty stream is shown as a drain on the 1:5000 scale map. View from road.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.1km<br/>This pub is close to the River Thames.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking towards the line's terminus in Marlow from a pedestrian level crossing on a public footpath just north of the Thames. Spade Oak Farm is on the right.
©Andrew Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>View from road.
©David Hawgood
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©Dave Taylor
Dist:0.2km<br/>The branch line between Maidenhead and Marlow, via Bourne End, is one of the survivors. It is affectionately know as "the Marlow Donkey" although these days it is operated by any one of the more prosaic class 165 2-car diesel multiple units (DMUs) based at Reading. This is Spade Oak crossing, where a footpath crosses the single track line. The train has to stop, then proceed at 10mph. This makes the passage of the line quite slow, but with all the hooting you know the train is coming.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.2km<br/>View from wharf.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking upriver from the Berkshire bank
©Andrew Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>View downstream of the River Thames towards Bourne End.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.2km<br/>View upriver from the wharf.
©David Hawgood
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©Rod Allday
Dist:0.2km<br/>First Great Western run trains on the line from Maidenhead to Marlow. They go slowly past the level crossing at Spade Oak which is used by private vehicles to access nearby properties, and is also used by pedestrians to reach the Thames. The crossing is unmanned with gates opened by people wishing to cross, and there is no warning system to show a train is approaching.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km<br/>On the far bank is Spade Oak Farm which gave its name to the ferry which operated across this reach.
©Colin Smith
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©Malcolm Cartledge

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