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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east from near Pound Farm with Riverside Farm on the left. The scrub land below was once Stanley Bridge Halt on the Chippenham-Calne branch line. The old track bed, for most of its length, has been converted into a cycleway, which has many of these unusual curved and carved waymarkers. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/stanley_bridge_halt/index.shtml
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.2km<br/>The blue sign on the left indicates the route to the cycleway to Chippenham.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.2km<br/>From the same bridge as [[203949]] facing the other way, toward Calne. "The Calne Branch actually ran from Chippenham to Calne, but during WW2 it served as the rail link to military installations at Yatesbury & Compton Bassett. There were 2 midway stations (halts): Stanley & Black Dog. The line opened late 1863, closed late 1965." The above was copied from: http://www.railuk.info/lines/getline.php?id=1 where there is more.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.2km<br/>Chippenham and Pewsham to the right. Calne, Bremhill, and Stanley to the left. Studley straight on (probably). Road junction near Pound Farm.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>Carrying Stanley Lane over the cycleway, which follows the disused Chippenham-to-Calne branch line. Just beyond the bridge was once Stanley Bridge Halt, and here the cycleway follows the lane for a short distance before rejoining the track bed most of the way to Calne. The Calne branch line was opened in October 1863 and had always been busy despite its short length. Large numbers of passengers plus freight services for Calne businesses (including Harris pork pies), local farms, and the military establishments at Yatesbury and Compton Bassett, did not save it from the Beeching axe. Freight working ended in November 1964 and passenger trains ended in September 1965.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.3km<br/>
©Doug Lee
Dist:0.3km<br/>The old Chippenham to Calne branch line has been converted into a cycle track running from this point to within 1km of Chippenham railway station.
©Doug Lee
Dist:0.3km<br/>Carrying Stanley Lane over the river Marden. The sign on the right indicates that this area is fished by the Calne Angling Association.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.4km<br/>Approaching Stanley. Bencroft Hill to the left, good view from up there. Worth the climb, especially if you are in a car. If I had asked him to pose for me he couldn't have done it better.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>Small building by the River Marden, part of the Environment Agency's network of water level monitoring across the country. On the right is a concrete 'V' built into the river bed, which channels the flow for the measuring device - see [[1545465]].
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>Used to record water flow rates in the building on the right - see [[1545458]].
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>View east from the cycleway to Bencroft Hill on the left. This was the route taken by the old Chippenham-Calne branch railway, which closed in 1965. Mainly grass meadows here, supporting beef/dairy farming.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>Passing Stanley Bridge Farm.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking south-east along the river with Bencroft Hill in the distance.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.6km<br/>I was charmed by this little lane and the sights on it. Recommended for walking and cycling.
©Maurice Pullin

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