Another micro hidden as part of the growing Devizes Branch Railway series started by Tek_kaz.
All the Devizes Branch Railway caches can be found here
Tek-kaz invites others to add to this series and help him mark the route of this once proud little railway line. All he asks is that you place the words “Devizes Branch Railway” at the END of your cache description so that it can be found by the above link.
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 and here.
The line ran very close to the position of this cache before leaving Devizes through what is now the adjacent business and into a cutting.
Although there is Tarmac all the way to the cache, it is down a fairly steep hill and so we are dubious of recommending it for wheelchair users.
Please do not drive to the cache as there is no public parking off the main road.
There is on-street parking in Avon Road, entrance below,
but you will need to return to the main road to access the lane to the cache.
Please be aware that heavy lorries sometimes use the lane to the cache so care will be needed.
We are grateful to the owner of the adjacent business for permission to place this cache.
Please note: there is no need to enter the business premises
the cache is outside the yard.
