Bowerhill – Devizes Branch Railway. Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/21/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

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 where the Devizes Branch Railway used to transverse the landscape just to the south of Bowerhill near the town of Meksham.

You are looking for a camouflaged 35mm film container with log-book and pencil. Please replace carefully and hide well again afterwards.

*** SOME NETTLE MANIPULATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE SUMMER ***


You can either park at N 51° 21.158 W 2° 07.324 or in Bowerhill Lane at N 51° 21.234 W 2° 07.037.

I’m afraid the final access to this cache may be a bit rough for wheelchairs.

For more ‘Devizes Branch Railway’ caches please look here.


Good luck to you all.

*** FTF goes to madrab ***

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Shyy sng zvyx gbc

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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