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Dist:0.1km<br/>Through the metal arch of the River Trent railway viaduct.
©Dave Bevis
Dist:0.2km<br/>There is still access to this quay although there is clearly no regular use. In the background is the viaduct of the Nottingham to Grantham railway line.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>As viewed from the 09.06 Skegness to Nottingham bound train.
©Richard Hoare
Dist:0.2km<br/>Carrying the Nottingham to Grantham railway. The trestle-built concrete section in the distance is not part of the original railway but was a new line built to serve Cotgrave Colliery which opened as late as 1960.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>Cruise boat near Radcliffe-on-Trent, heading towards Nottingham. Daytime cruises cater exclusively for group bookings.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>A quiet lane from Radcliffe on Trent to Holme Pierrepont. Popular with cyclists and dog wakers.
©Tim Heaton
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is the riverside path from Colwick to Stoke Bardolph. The steps are the formal route of the path although most people take the more direct route down a steep bank.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>Radcliffe viaduct on the Nottingham to Grantham railway between Colwick and Radcliffe. This view shows clearly how the original cast iron ribs of 1850 on the face of the viaduct are now purely cosmetic; the actual structure is a series of concrete ribs.
©Alan Murray-Rust
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©Dave Bevis
Dist:0.3km<br/>Cast plate indicating the date when the viaduct was built, and the maker. The outer cast iron ribs were retained to maintain the visual effect of the original but in practice the structure is now a series of concrete ribs.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>This used to control the exit from the large Colwick railway yard, as well as the access to Cotgrave Colliery. The latter is long gone and the box now only controls access to a petroleum terminal and a small permanent way store.
©Alan Murray-Rust
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©Dave Bevis
Dist:0.3km<br/>Dawn breaks behind Rectory Junction signal box. The only survivor from the many signal boxes that were dotted about when the area was Colwick marshalling yard.
©Donnylad
Dist:0.3km<br/>Although the railway viaduct has a metal facing, the weight-bearing parts are now concrete.
©Dave Bevis
Dist:0.3km<br/>As viewed from the 09.06 from Skegness to Nottingham train.
©Richard Hoare

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