A little past Frithwood farm there is a large sign on a field gate stating Private Land and asking you to keep out, which meant I was straight back into the car and onto Mag Lane, and a view of a private property that has been built over the line. At this point I carried on in the car to Poulter Country Park, a nature reserve built over the old colliery, here I parked up and started the walk back towards Creswell and picked up the old railway line on the other side of the private residence.
Here the trackbed can be seen clearly as for some reason the farmer farms only part of the field, however the next field is less hospitable.
Immediately after this patch of trees came 2 short branches, 1 link to the Midland line that ran parallel, in the picture the main track is amongst the trees and the midland line runs off to the right
Then a little further towards Whaley Thorns the main branch off to Langwith Colliery runs off to the right also.
There are still sleepers lying around on this part of the branch although there is no obvious crossing point when you reach the Midland line
Back on the main line and there’s further railway evidence as we walk along, and here the cutting hasn’t been filled in so its similar to walking at Killamarsh and I have to say, a little more realistic looking than when walking through Creswell with its filled in cuttings.
Back at Poulter Park we have the remains of a bridge and a view of the embankment the railway ran along
Of course further along is another bridge crossing the A632 at Langwith which would be my final stop for the day, so with this in mind I scrambled up the embankment to get a look at what was on top
Another part of the trackbed that can’t be walked without a machete. So there it was, I finished in Langwith, but not at the Junction where the Beighton branch starts, that will be done another day.
