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From the eastern side of the South Tyne valley. The spur behind the village is the northern ridge of Grey Nag. On it you can see the lane rising to Longdyke Head. From there the lane drops down into Knars Dale, the valley beyond.
©Andrew Smith
Slaggyford Station lies on the old railway which once ran from Haltwhistle to Alston http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Alston_Branch/frame.htm. Built in 1846, the line was recommended for closure by Beeching but was reprieved because there was no adequate road access to Alston in the worst of winter weather. The line was eventually closed in 1976. Much of the line now forms part of the South Tyne Trail http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/haltalst.htm for walkers and cyclists. Slaggyford Station is the southernmost point of the line which is used by the Trail. The Trail is also followed by the Pennine Cycleway, route 68 of the National Cycle Network http://www.cycle-routes.org/penninecycleway/.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.1km<br/>The former stationmaster's house at Slaggyford
©Brian Norman
Dist:0.1km<br/>The bed of the former railway is now the Pennine Cycleway.
©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.1km<br/>The church: looking west along the road to Knar
©Andy Stephenson
Dist:0.1km<br/>This photograph shows a view of the (now disused) railway station platform at Slaggyford. The picture was taken looking in a north-north-westerly direction towards Knar Burn.
©Philip Barker
Dist:0.1km<br/>I'm not sure that "omits" is the verb of choice here. Forty shillings seems to have been the favoured penalty by the railway bureaucracy - see the image "North Eastern Railway. Public Warning." [[601746]] for [[NY8464]] (Haydon Bridge).
©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.2km<br/>Warning notice at Slaggyford Station. Not much chance of being run over by a train though - see the image "Slaggyford Station (2)".
©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.2km<br/>Photographed on Chapel Lonning Slaggyford.Becoming common in this village.
©Mary Livesey
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Station Master's House at Slaggyford.
©Peter McDermott
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©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.2km<br/>The A689 entering the small village from the north.
©Andrew Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>View across the River South Tyne towards Slaggyford.
©Peter McDermott
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©Mike Quinn
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©Mike Quinn

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