TK30 Sleight Road - Devizes Branch Railway. Traditional Cache
TK30 Sleight Road - Devizes Branch Railway.
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This is one of a number of caches placed along the route once taken by the Devizes Branch Railway line.
The Devizes Branch Line was a railway line from Holt Junction to Patney in Wiltshire, and named after Devizes, the largest town on the line. It was built by the Wiltshire, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, and was later bought up by the Great Western Railway. At one point the Devizes line provided a direct link from London to the West Country.
The Devizes Branch line and all of its stations closed in 1966 under British Rail's modernisation plans. The closure of the line can be accounted for by the awkward geography of the Devizes line and the falling amount of traffic since the building of a rival railway line from Chirton to Westbury which by-passed the steep gradients of the Devizes branch line.
Apart from a few remaining bridges and tunnels there is little evidence of the railway on the landscape today and after the closure of the line, all stations and halts were dismantled.
More information on the Devizes branch line can be found here.
This is the point where Devizes Branch Railway crossed over Sleight Road. The bridge is long gone but the railway embankments still remain although much overgrown these days.
You are looking for a small click lock box within a camouflaged bag containing log book, pencil and a few goodies. This cache blends in very well so it might take a little bit of searching. Please retrieve carefully and hide well again afterwards.
As for parking there is a very small lay-by right opposite the cache or you could park & visit the nearby hostelry at N 51° 20.427 W 1° 58.352 and walk down to the cache.
I’m afraid the final access to this cache is not very suitable for wheelchairs.
For more ‘Devizes Branch Railway’ caches please look here.
Good luck to you all.
*** FTF - stanthews ***
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