Rusty Lane – Devizes Branch Railway. Traditional Cache
Rusty Lane – 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.
Rusty Lane runs from Seend village northwards where it crosses the Kennet & Avon canal and then onwards until it meets the main Devizes to Melksham (BATH) road. This cache is close to the location where Rusty Lane ran across the Devizes Branch Railway.
You are looking for a small click lock box within a camouflaged bag containing log book, pencil and a few goodies. Please replace carefully and hide well again afterwards.
You can either park outside the village halls in Seend at N 51° 21.023 W 2° 04.977 and follow Rusty Lane northwards for about half a mile or you may be able to park by Bolland's Hill bridge at N 51° 21.109 W 2° 05.503 and then walk eastwards along the canal to join Rusty Lane at the swing bridge and proceed northwards to the cache location. This is also approximately a half mile walk.
I’m afraid this cache is not accessible by wheelchairs.
For more ‘Devizes Branch Railway’ caches please look here.
Good luck to you all.
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