Demolished Railway Station - Upperthorpe & Killamarsh #shorts
During an abandoned railway walk near Sheffield UK, we visited the site of the now
Demolished Railway Station - Upperthorpe & Killamarsh
Virtually no evidence remains of the station, which opened in 1898, but closed to passengers in 1930. The track was lifted in the 1980s. This once formed part of the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (LD & ECR), on the branch line near Beighton. Known as the Beighton Branch.
This was one of three stations in Killamarsh, in North East Derbyshire.
Plenty of bricks scatter the site, which formed part of the old platform and station buildings. However the cutting in which the old station site is located has been victim to fly tipping and vandalism.
See the full video of the abandoned railway walk here -
BEIGHTON VILLAGE LANDMARK 1890's Junction Signal-Box Sheffield before Demolished Completely
The term #Beighton #Junction has been used in a narrow sense to encompass either one, two or three junctions or even as a shorthand for Beighton Junction Signal-box.
Beighton Junction 1849
The narrowest possible scope concerns the original Beighton Junction, which, essentially, stands today, i.e.: the single, core junction of a pair of lines east from Sheffield and a pair south from Rotherham. This has been constant from 1849, referred to hereafter as Beighton Junction 1849.
Beighton Junction 1891
On 1 December 1891 the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway (MS&LR) started running trains drawn by contractor's locomotives south from a new, additional, Beighton Junction, approximately 500 yards north west of the first Beighton Junction on the MS&LR, labelled in later Midland system maps as: Beighton Junction G.C., referred to hereafter as Beighton Junction 1891.
Disused Railway Explore - Rother Valley & Beighton Junction Sheffield - GCR, LD &ECR
Join me on another disused railway explore as we look at some old abandoned sites around the Rother Valley and Beighton Junction near Sheffield. All sights in the videos are shown on a map, so you can go and see them for yourselves.
00:00 Intro
02:58 Beighton Castle and old North Stavely Curve/Coking Plant/Midland Junction (River Rother)
06:03 Disused Great Central Line remains
08:55 Great Central Railway old girder bridge over Midland Railway
09:58 Killamarsh Junction and Demolished Signal Box Remains
12:11 Norwood Colliery Line Old Brick Viaduct remains
15:34 River Rother Three Disused/Missing Bridges
17:22 Junction/Crossover of Great Central and LD&ECR lines
20:00 LD&ECR bridge over Norwood Branch
23:24 LD&ECR abandoned Jackdaw Viaduct & Girder Bridge (LD&ECR crosses Waleswood Branch)
25:12 Killamarsh Central Old Signal brackets and remains
We are looking spefically at a small section of land in the Rother Valley - which lies between Sheffield, Rotherham and Chesterfield on the borders of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
Historically, this area was a busy hub of collieries, plants and railway yards. All served by a vast network of lines.
We look at the two main lines that ran through the valley
- Midland Railway (the old road is still in use today and carries freight to avoid Sheffield and the odd passenger train)
- Great Central Railway - now disused and repurposed into a thriving trail (Transpennine Trail)
Threading between the two main lines were a network of branch lines. The main one being the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (LD&ECR). It is this line which leaves behind some of the most interesting features.
We start by looking at a old photo from the 1950s of a once impressive junction (Midland Line & North Staveley Curve) and comparing it to today - a shadow of it's former self.
We take a walk down the old track beds and take a closer look at some of the old bridges & viaducts (some in not so great shape), some missing completely.
In the undergrowth, if you are prepared to explore further, you will find countless examples of old signal gantries, sleepers, telegraph poles and even a demolished signal box - wreckage left to be reclaimed by nature.
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Beighton Castle Old Photo - author unknown, but taken from Old Beighton Facebook group.
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Killamarsh, Rother valley, and Wales
Walk series - Day 16
Sheffield Lost Stations - Killamarsh Central Railway Station
We're continuing our series on the lost railway stations from the Sheffield area. We've just nipped over the border into Derbyshire and the village of Killamarsh.
Killamarsh Sation opened in 1892 as part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. It later transfered to what is commonly known as the Great Central Railway, which ran between London Marleybone, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester.
In 1950, the station was renamed Killamarsh Central, however in 1963 the station was closed to passenger traffic.
The abandoned station saw freight traffic until the early 1980s, when the trackbed was finally lifted.
In the modern day, the station sits on the hugely popular Trans-Pennine Trail path on the Sheffield to Chesterfield section. Cyclists, Runners and Walkers pass through the station every day to enjoy the traffic free route.
The northbound platform is still accessible to walk along and the old footbridge is now a public right of way to access the trail through the station.
Related video - GCR Beighton, Killamarsh & Renishaw walk -
Disused Railway Explore - Killamarsh to Spinkhill Tunnel - LDECR Beighton Branch Part 2
Disused Railway Explore - Killamarsh to Spinkhill Tunnel - LDECR Beighton Branch Part 2
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Part 5 Creswell to Langwith Junction -
We continue our explore of the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) Beighton Branch (or Sheffield branch). Starting from where we left off in Part 1 at the site of the former Upperthorpe & Killamarsh station, we continue south entering an impressive and atmospheric cutting.
As in part 1, we see an impressive collection of remains and left overs from a bustling railway era. As we continue on the short section between Killamarsh and Spinkhill we pass the former Westthorpe Colliery (closed in 1984) where the land and new vegetation around th old sidings reveal many hidden railway pieces.
Spinkhill station may have been closed for over 80 years, but the buildings remain as a private residence. Once through the station we pass under the Station Road bridge and begin our approach to the highlight of the explore - Spinkhill Tunnel.
Spinkhill tunnel opened in 1898 and is over 500 yards long. The track through the tunnel was lifted in 1967. However the trackbed that we have just arrived was able to enjoy a slightly extended life, serving the Westthorpe Colliery until it's closure in 1984.
For anyone wanting a good tour inside the Spinkhill Tunnel - have a look at one of my favourite YouTube creators, Pat Dickinson and his recent explore of the tunnel -
The Beighton Branch of the LDECR opened by 1900 and ran as a branch line from Langwith Junction in Nottinghamshire to Beighton Junction, near Sheffield - joining up with the Midland Railway and Great Central Railway to continue into Sheffield. It closed to passengers in 1939.
Sensible footwear is recommended on this route as the surface is mainly loose and very muddy in places.
00:00 Intro
01:24 Former Upperthorpe & Killamarsh Station site
08:38 Westthorpe Hills & old Westthorpe Colliery site
10:40 Westthorpe colliery former sidings - railway remains
13:19 Former Spinkhill Station
15:36 approach to Spinkhill Tunnel
17:20 Spinkhill Tunnel entrance
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Disused Railway Walks - Great Central Railway Explore - Renishaw Central to Staveley Derbyshire
Disused Railway Walks - Great Central Railway Explore - Renishaw to Staveley
Another disused railway explore of the former Great Central Railway in Derbyshire. We run from the old Killamarsh Central Station and start our explore from the site of the demolished Renishaw Central station.
Renishaw station opened in 1892 as 'Eckington & Renishaw' and co-existed just up the road from the Midland Railway station of the same name. In 1950, the name was changed to 'Renishaw Central' to distinguish it from it's nearby competitor. The station was sat just to the west of the Staveley Ironworks, which had multiple lines serving it from both the GCR and Midland.
In 1963, the station closed to passengers, although the line was still used for some freight services for many years after. The track was lifted on this route in the 1980s.
We take a look at the old station site and find some ruins in a piece of wastland adjoining the station. We then follow the old track bed a few miles south until we reach the busy railway junction town of Staveley.
Some more old photos of Renishaw Central station -
Link to video of previous section of the line (Beighton to Renishaw) -
00:00 Intro
01:51 Former Renishaw Central Station
07:01 Discareded remains of station
09:14 Leaving Renishaw
10:22 Line to Staveley
14:33 Approaching Staveley
16:30 Throat of former Staveley Central/Staveley Town station
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Sheffield's Lost Stations - Park Goods Station
Sheffield's Lost Railway Stations - Park Goods Station
Welcome to a new series and part 1 in the story of some of Sheffield's lost railway stations.
Sheffield is a large city in the north of England and has a deep and rich industrial history - and with that, a one time expansive railway system of lines, yards and stations.
We kick off with the Park Goods Station. Part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway - later Great Central Railway. The station is located on the side of the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal's Victoria Quays canal basin. Which back in the day was a key cog in moving items around the country.
Old photos shows stacks of wagons queuing on top of the railway arches where the yard and station once stood - alongside cranes on the wharf side ready to move goods between the railway and the canal. The depot mainly dealt with coal and lime to and from the many local collieries.
We can walk alongside the retaining wall, archways and on top of part of the station. Alongside the canal are the bridge piers from the railways approach to the station.
The station closed in the 1960s where the railways moved the the Grimethorpe and later Tinsley yard for their frieght handling.
We also see some old photos and maps of the neighbouring City Station, which was part of the Londond & North Western Railway. This say where the Sheffield Parkway and Park Square roundabout sit. Nothing is left of this old station now.
Many of Sheffield's former railway goods stations are now long gone. Bridgehouses, which pre-dated the Victoria Station, Wicker & Nunnery are all close by.
Look around the Victoria Quays Canal Basin where the station is located -
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NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE ROUND-UP
Hello NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE people!
It's been a while I know, but finally the NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE ROUND-UP video is here!
Using information that's been sent to me by all you lovely people out there, this is the video that catches all those comments and anecdotes and whatever else you wanted me to talk about, that I either missed or got wrong in the twenty four parishes of NORTH EAST DEREBYSHIRE!
In alphabetical order, I go through the district, from Ashover to Wingerworth and everything in between bringing the district to a close with all the extra information you lovely people out there have sent to me.
The long term plan for Derbyshire will see me hopefully begin AMBER VALLEY next year in early 2023, but for now, Derbyshire is on the backburner for a while as I concentrate on other areas.
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Staveley Works Station and Lock November 1986
Staveley Works was a typical MS & LR station with two platforms each with a timber building. Each building had a substantial canopy stretching almost up to the platform edge. The booking office was located in the down side building. Unusually, the two platforms were linked by a pedestrian subway. The smaller 'up' platform building lost it's canopy, probably in the 1950's while that on the down platform was built. The Chesterfield Canal ran underneath the station at its east end with a lock and lockkeeper's cottage sited on the south side of the station.
The station was located in an area of heavy industry, the largest employer in the area being the Staveley Works Foundry which provided much of the passenger revenue but this was not maintained after WW2. An analysis of passenger traffic carried out by BR for the week ending 19 August 1961 showed only 288 passengers using the station which closed on 4th Match 1963 when the Great Central local service was withdrawn.
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DUNFORD: Barnsley Parish #9 of 17
In much the same way as we saw in Langsett, to the West of Barnsley the landscape turns into a much more hilly affair the further you go, although for today's parish, we are definitely not in anywhere that can be described as The Dark Peak. Even though they border each other, Langsett is wildly different to this place.
That's primarily because the hills are much sharper, steep gradients that challenge you when walking and when driving, and if you got onto the Trans Pennine Trail at this point, you'd be needing a good strong pair of hiking boots and real sense of adventure.
The trail is perhaps one of the things that we've seen most of so far on the channel, as it winds it's way through so many of South Yorkshire's parishes. Here though, this is a place where you can pick up the trail and park your car in an actual designated car park, rather than just on the side of a road somewhere.
The hills around here mean some features we see are much different to the norm too. How about the Woodhead Tunnel for example, built to carry railway locomotives in the 1800's underneath the very backbone of the British Isles? it was one of many along this now disused railway line. Then there's the reservoirs, and one very large one in particular is located in these hills - Winscar - providing water to the surrounding communities in both South and West Yorkshire. We're only scratching the surface even then, because there's an abundance of small hamlets here as well, like Carlecotes.
Unmistakeable Peak District scenery and all it has to offer is what you'll find in Barnsley's far North West. This is DUNFORD.
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Disused Canals - Cuckoo Way Walk Part 2 - Chesterfield Canal Missing Section Explore
Cuckoo Way Walk Part 2 - Disused Canals - Chesterfield Canal Missing Section Explore
Killamarsh to Kiveton Park via Norwood Locks and Norwood Tunnel.
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00:00 Intro
01:08 Recap of Part 1 - Staveley to Killamarsh
01:49 Start at Killamarsh Central Station
02:43 Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway Disused and Ruined Bridge crosses the canal.
03:13 Killamarsh Greenway & Town
06:38 Belk Lane Lock and Bridge
13:05 Norwood - 1833 Bridge
14:10 Norwood Locks
16:03 Norwood Tunnel Western Portal
24:26 Norwood Tunnel Eastern Portal - Kiveton Park
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We continue our walk along the missing section of the disused Chesterfield Canal, starting where we left off in part 1 - the old Killamarsh Central Station on the Transpennine Trail south of Sheffield.
We can follow the route of the old canal path for a while, until it is lost to a housing estate in the town of Killamarsh. Crossing Sheffield Road at the old Belk Lane Lock and Lock House, we pick up the disused hollowed out canal again.
It is only after we start to enter Norwood that we leave behind the urban sprawl and light industry and the charm of the old canal starts to shine through again. We pass under a small bridge dating back to the 1830s and then enter the series of 13 locks as we ascend the Norwood Lock complex.
At the top of the locks, we can see the old bricked up portal to the disused Norwood Tunnel. Left to ruin after a collapse in the early 1900s cut off this whole western section of the canal.
We then hike under the M1 motorway, over the top of the old Kiveton Park Colliery and Kiveton Community Woodland and meet up again with the canal as it would have emerged from the other end of the tunnel all those years ago.
From Kiveton Park onwards, the canal is fully restored all the way back to the River Trent.
And that concludes our 9 mile explore over 2 videos as the missing section of the Chesterfield Canal. The efforts to reopen this lost 9 miles is still underway and remains an ambitious task as can be seen in the two videos
For anyone interested in reading more about the restoration plans of the Chesterfield Canal, have a read of this link
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Cuckoo Way Walk - Chesterfield Canal Explore - Norwood Tunnel to Shireoaks
Cuckoo Way Walk - Chesterfield Canal Explore - Norwood Tunnel to Shireoaks.
Following on from our previous videos of the 'Missing Section' of the Chesterfield Canal, we pick up at the Eastern portal of the closed Norwood Tunnel (closed 1907).
We head in an easterly direction for around 4 miles to the small ex-mining town of Shireoaks.
We pass through Kiveton Park, where we see the old Dog Kennel Lane Wharf. This was where stone bound the the Palace of Westminster was loaded on to canal boats.
The landscape takes on a rural and peaceful feel as we alternate between thick tree covered avenues, to open countryside. After a few miles, we begin our decent down the ladder of locks. We pass through the hamlet of Turnerwood, which stradles the canal.
The Chesterfield Canal was designed by James Brindley and opened in 1777. It runs for 46 miles from Chesterfield in the west to the River Trent at West Stockwith in the East. It loops through Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire; hugging the contour lines as it meanders across the East Midlands. The Cuckoo Way is the name for the footpath that follows the canal (or it's route) for the entire 46 miles.
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Staveley - Killamarsh (missing section) -
Killamarsh - Kiveton Park (missing section) -
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There are railway stations alongside of the canal where I filmed today at both Kiveton Park and Shireoaks. Hourly trains from Lincoln, Sheffield, Worksop & Retford.
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Cuckoo Way Walk Part 1 - Disused Canals - Chesterfield Canal Missing Section Explore
Cuckoo Way Walk Part 1 - Chesterfield Canal Missing Section Explore.
In part 1 of our expore of the missing section of the Chesterfield Canal, we start at the end of already restored section at Staveley basin and follow the path of the abandoned canal through Renishaw and up to Killamarsh.
As a bonus, we also take a look at the former route between Renishaw and Killamarsh that was replaced with a straigher alignment with the arrival of the Great Central Railway.
The Chesterfield Canal Trust and Derbyshire Council have an ambitious plan to reinstate the missing section of approx 9 miles of disused canal. We look at the size of the task involved.
Chapters:
00:00 Staveley Canal Basin & intro
03:57 Staveley to Renishaw
06:42 Renishaw Restored Section & Old Ironworks
11:54 Former Alignment Pre-Railway
18:49 Arrival of the Railway (Renishaw to Killamarsh)
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HODTHORPE AND BELPH: Bolsover Parish #4 of 16
A few years ago, this parish did not exist, at least not in it's current form. It was instead, attached to Whitwell, the entire area being governed by Whitwell Parish Council. Nowadays, it has been split off from its much larger neighbour with the Robin Hood Line forming the boundary.
That's not to say Whitwell doesn't still have a massive role to play in how this area is today. For starters, look no further than the quarry, which mines dolomite, a form of limestone. It is soon to br extended, which will alter the path of the railway line. Whitwell Colliery is also located here too, on an area called Belph Moor, which is nothing more than a spoil tip now.
The main village was built on coal. It even says that on the incredibly informative information board. Two main streets, lined with terraces, this was built to house workers at the colliery. Designed by Henry Sweet Hoddings, a man who is honoured thanks to the Hoddings Meadow estate currently being built, the village was a self sufficient pit settlement.
There were three chippys, two bakeries, and a chapel - all of which are now gone, but this place continues to manage quite well for itself without relying too much on Big Brother over the railway line.
Loads to see, loads to take in. This video was never designed to be this long, but I'm happy it ended up being. Enjoy the parish of HODTHORPE AND BELPH.
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