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REALLY SideTracked - Presteigne Event Cache

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RidgeGrovers: Event long since finished, time to tidy the map.

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Hidden : Monday, September 9, 2024
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

09 September 2024, 14:30 - 15:00

A short meet & greet at the site of the former railway station in Presteigne.

Presteign Railway Station was a railway station serving the town of Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales. It was a terminus on the Leominster and Kington Railway.

The Kington & Presteigne Railway opened on 9 September 1875. Commencing at Titley Junction, through Staunton on Arrow, in front of the Rodd farm at Roddhurst, via Corton into Presteigne.

By 1929 it was possible to join one of the three steam trains a day – each way – and make the 6 hour journey to London.

The passenger service on this line ended in 1951, but a freight service continued to run every other day until the line was finally closed for good in September 1964.

 

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