Wadebridge Railway Station

United Kingdom / England / Wadebridge / Southern Way
 railway station, Grade II Listed (UK)

Railway station, circa mid C19. Grade II Listed: www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/...

The Wadebridge to Bodmin railway, opened in 1834, was the first steam railway in Cornwall and greatly facilitated the carriage of sea sand, carried by barge from Padstow to Wadebridge, inland for use on the agricultural land.

Building now used as the John Betjaman Centre: www.johnbetjeman.org.uk/

Photo: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5394343
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Coordinates:   50°30'53"N   4°50'4"W
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