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Forest of Dean - Episode 7 - Severn and Wye Railway

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Its mid January 2019 and on this three day trip we tackle Every Disused Station on the former Severn and Wye Railway, located in the Forest of Dean. Originally opened as a Tramway in 1810 we were surely in for a treat in this area, rich in rail history.
Welcome to Episode 7 of #EveryDisusedStation. You can visit the website for progress and information about our adventure. www.paulwhitewick.co.uk
Paul and Rebecca have decided to embark upon and rather silly challenge which will hopefully see them visit all 6500 (approx. figure) disused stations in the UK. As always the criteria being that we get as close as possible without a) Trespassing and b) endangering ourselves or others. Stations do include those that are in use as heritage lines. (of course they are no longer disused but in the sense of a mainline passenger station, they are certainly on our list).
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Music: Epidemicsound.com
N.B - Apologies, we also are aware that Norchard was never a station before the heritage line.

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@silvioatutube 5 лет назад

Relationship goals: finding someone who looks at me the same way Rebecca looks at Paul.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

You sir, have won the comment competition. I am a lucky man, that's for sure.

@silvioatutube 5 лет назад

@@pwhitewick Yes, you are! Cherish her!

4 года назад

Video too me years back. I was an Army Apprentice at Chepstow Camp in 1954. But I escaped and now live in Australia...and am even too old for call-up. But I still love you two, Paul and Rebecca....

@Leonard_Smith 5 лет назад

Rebecca seems to be growing into the role of the railway geek. Can't wait for future episodes towards her total transformation, and finally to be awarded a Golden Anorak when you complete the task! Keep 'em coming!

@bohicajohnson7203 2 года назад

You are certainly expanding my music appreciation.

@foresterjikes9054 2 месяца назад

I used those tracks to get around the forest on a old Honda 250 dream before i was legal on the road lol , was born in the forest but moved to France 28 years ago , can't believe you didn't speak about Lydbrook viaduct , nice video all the same that brought me back home , thanks

@rogerphelps9939 Месяц назад

I walked over Lydbrook Viaduct many times in my youth. Rumour has it that my grandmother walked the length of the viaduct along the planks laid along the bottom of the girders; rather her than me. I remember it being dismantled. A very big futuristic looking Sparrows crane was used to dismantle the metalwork. When they were dismantling tthe masonary arches there was a partial collapse on the eastern side. Nobody was hurt but it made the news. I was told that, because of the very tight curve on the eastern side the speed limit on the viaduct was only 5mph. There was an incline leading down from Forge Hill to a tinplate works in the valley, one of tthe very first in the world. There was a lemonade factory in Lydbrook called Lydbrook Valley Springs and the labels on he bottles prominently feaured the viaduct. The view from the bridge with the River Wye in the foreground and The Mill Hill Brothers "monastery" with a prominent grotto on Coppet Hill behind was iconic. An uncle who was a professional photographer took a photo with cows refreshing themselves in the river, which was widely published.

@foresterjikes9054 Месяц назад

@@rogerphelps9939 I've only seen it on photo's , was born in 65 so too young to have seen it for real , it must have been an impressive site to see for real , what a shame that it was demolished , don't remember what i read about the year it was built and knocked down but remember thinking it wasn't so old to be unsafe , maybe it was but the forest lost a lot when the railways closed , would have been a real asset today

@rogerphelps9939 Месяц назад

@@foresterjikes9054 It was demolished sometime around 1966. I believe I was 15 at tthe time but it may have been a year or ttwo earlier or later. I really was impressive.

@westcountrywanderings 7 месяцев назад

The fifth video that I have watched of yours Paul & Rebecca! Like number eight hundered and forty four. Great stuff! I have just done a Lost Railway Walk following the Ross-on-Wye to Monmouth line (pt 2) from Welsh Bicknor to Symonds Yat. For a while I tended to avoid the Forest of Dean - I am not sure why, think I was just scared to tackle it. Oh boy, I am I so glad that I have done a deeper dive into it - it just as so much to see in the Forest! The more you look, the more there is. Since you filmed this over four years ago, the DFR have got serious plans to extend to Speech House and Cinderford. I do hope that it comes to fruition. Anyway, I will stop waffling - I truly thoroughly enjoyed this. Hope you are both keeping well. Take care, Paul

@awizardalso 5 лет назад

Looks like you and I got lucky and found a good woman. I found mine in 1976 and knew she was the one I was looking for. Unfortunately, she was 16 and I was 22. I had to wait 10 years to find her again and we've been married for almost 32 years.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Ah thanks for sharing and congratulations to you both.

@stephendavies6949 3 года назад

I just love your early work.

@McMieke 4 года назад

Amazing how fast nature takes back its land. Well done guys.

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

Thanks John. My favourite embankment!

@timchalk6810 5 месяцев назад

That line when open over the old severn bridge was always immaculatly maintained even when goods only

@oddwad6290 5 лет назад

The scenery , lighting and weather all came together very well .

@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 5 лет назад

what a lovely couple you are. well done for sharing this presention. thank you

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thank you. This was a really fun adventure, enjoyed our time exploring here.

@stephenpalcso42 5 лет назад

I'm really enjoying these. I love exploring old railways and I think it's great you've decided to tackle all of them!

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thanks Stephen. Glad you are enjoying them. Spread the word... 😁👍

@joannortham5517 4 года назад

Oh the memories….I worked at the Lindors Guest House nr St Briavels for a couple of years in the mid-1960s, and so many of the names you mention are very familiar to me. Lindors was sold recently, I think to a hotelier. It was a beautiful house, so it's nice to think it will continue to provide hospitality. I'm 76 now - and how much I wish the Beeching cuts could be undone, and rail connections restored across the land. Your videos are great, and so are both of you. Thank you very much.

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

Wonderful Joan, thanks for sharing.

@michaelpilling9659 4 года назад

Fantastic film! sorry it was raining - you both obviously got soaked. Brilliant history. Great railway artifacts. Wonderful journey

@colinbarrett5120 3 года назад

Great video! The music is really catchy.

@alanwhite1458 3 года назад

I've thought about it a bit since your original reply to my comment about duration of text over video, and you only need to leave text up a few seconds longer to make it readable! At present I'm lucky to read the first two lines of text! Don't worry about people not reading it - that's their loss, why should it be mine!

@stevehallam0850 5 лет назад

Well explored! The Forest of Dean must have one of the most complex networks of railways and tramways in a small area anywhere in Britain.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Every time we looked at an old map of the area we found another area we wanted to explore.... As you say it's extremely complex.

@andylawrence7955 3 года назад

@@pwhitewick You should really come back and do some further exploration........in the spring, bluebells everywhere in the woods..............and less muddy puddles!

@Roblilley999 5 лет назад

Just when you think things have peaked, you pull another rabbit out of the hat with this video.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

awww, thanks Mr Lilley.

@Paleoman 2 года назад

U.K. is looking a lot like USA. Ugly strip malls, huge gas stations with convienence stores attached. That is what you find at every freeway offramp in the US. Honestly you cant even tell what state you are in when you get off the freeway. Another great video. Youi guiys do an amazing job producin therse.

@TheSkiathosLover 5 лет назад

Another enjoyable video - thank you so much

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thanks Carolyn... 😊

@neilyoung3652 5 лет назад

Great video. Ive taken too watching disused lines and stations, and seeing what remains, both of you make good team exploring these lines

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Cheers Neil.

@MartinZero 5 лет назад

Great stuff guys 👍

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Cheers Martin, pleasure to have you on-board!

@Roblilley999 5 лет назад

Was just about to ask whether you had seen Martin's videos and vice versa but that's just answered my question

@sr6424 4 года назад

One of my earliest memories. Went on a family Saturday afternoon trip to Symonds Yet. My parents took me to watch the trains. They were ripping up the track.I was born in 1959 when the station closed so it would have been a few years later. I guess mid 1960s.

@johnsparkes8963 4 года назад

Fantastic vlog very interesting, the forrest got so much to offer.

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

Most definitely has John.

@leightonsquibbs970 5 лет назад

The best so far Peeps. I can relate to quite a bit of the vid as walked some of it 2 years ago and really enjoyed it then, and had the added bonus of sunshine then. Keep up the good work looking forward to the next one.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thanks Leighton. It was a long edit so pleased it came out well. We would love to come here again and probably won't be far away for the Wye Valley Railway at some point.

@saltleywsc 5 лет назад

Just found this superb video looking forward to more !!

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thank you!... Check out the rest of the channel, plenty to get your teeth into... 👍👍

@bobly 2 года назад

Serridge Platform sorry Paul, Rebecca I could not find when it opened and closed but here is Coleford to make up that opened in 1879 and closed in 1924

@HenrysAdventures 5 лет назад

Another brilliant video! I've passed the museum at Coleford many times but never seen it open! I know the have steamed a Peckett loco there on occasions which must make it the World's shortest standard gauge heritage line!

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Cheers Henry. This was an amazing weekend. We soon learnt to split the videos up after this but still a great adventure

@andrewmarch7891 3 года назад

Thanks for the entertaining and informative trips; marvellous! Wellies sounds a good idea.

@thadelmore282 5 лет назад

Really enjoy your travels. Keep it up, we'll be watching.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thank you. 👍👍

@stephendavies6949 3 года назад

Epic stuff. Some of the best work of its kind on RU-vid

@Mattube1964 4 года назад

There was a three volume set of books published about the Severn and Wye back in the early 90s r there about. Very indepth history of the entire line and it’s branches. I’d look up the publisher but it’s 02:00 and the books are out in my train room.

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

haha, thanks matt.

@Mattube1964 4 года назад

@@pwhitewick Just grabbed volume one out to get the info on it. They were a collaboration by Ian Pope, Bob How an Paul Karau published by Wild swan in 1983 (so much for early 90s!). ISBN 0 906867 17 7. Could be very hard to come by but well worth the read if you are interested in railway histories.

@john3Lee 5 лет назад

Very interesting, and enjoyable.... Thanks :)

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thanks John 👍

@mikebrown3772 3 года назад

I think you may have been standing more or less at the location of Cindetford old passenger station when you first looked at your phone map and that to the brickwork found might be the old Cindetford goods station.

@bobly 2 года назад

Bixslade / Cannop Wharf opened in 1812 and closed in 1946

@thomaswykes3647 5 лет назад

Shame you didn't get to see Lydney Harbour when you visited Lydney Junction. The line ran from there along the river Lyd to the harbour where the coal was loaded on to boats.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Ah we didn't know about that. A shame indeed.

@bobly 2 года назад

Cinderford Old opened in 1900 and closed in 1958

@StephenWilliams 5 лет назад

Another very enjoyable video. It really is easy to forget that there are only the two of you there and that you are just talking to a camera, as one feels very much part of the adventure. Enjoyed the incidental music too. One thought - how about adding the music used to the end credits?

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thanks Stephen, we certainly aim to bring what we see to the viewer in the most compelling way so I'm glad this style seems to be working. I will probably add the music to the description, as we have been asked a few times now. 👍

@bobly 2 года назад

Drybrook Road Station opened in 1875 and closed in 1929

@DeeFPV 5 лет назад

DisusedRailway of pembrokeshire would be worth looking into

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Definitely. We've seen a few on some old maps and are making plans for at least one trip in spring. 👍

@DeeFPV 5 лет назад

ther ar some verry old Disused Railway in pembrokeshire what hed over and up into the preseli mountains and intresting to

@LordGeorgeRodney 4 года назад

amazing stuff! thanks!

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

Thanks George. Lived making this one!

@gregsabell 5 лет назад

Great video Paul & Rebecca. What would be really useful is a closure date on your text graphic. This would tie in nicely with the pre/post Beeching vid you did a few weeks back. Keep up the good work.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Cheers Greg. Not a bad idea at all.

@EdenValleyAdventuresUK 5 лет назад

very nice video

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thank you. Plenty more to come.... 👍

@bobly 2 года назад

Lydbrook Junction 4 August 1873 Opened 5 January 1959 Closed

@bobly 2 года назад

Whitecroft & Bream 23 September 1875 opened 8 July 1929 closed for passengers 25 May 2012 reopened

@bobly 2 года назад

Speech House Road opened in 1875 and closed in 1929

@GhostTheory 5 лет назад

This is brilliant, that’s some wonderful countryside. It would be great to collaborate with you guys one day.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

This was a real fun video to make (although soon after we learnt to split them up a bit as the edit nearly killed me). Can you drop us an email on whitewickpaul@gmail.com. 👍👍

@bobly 2 года назад

Cinderford New 2 July 1900 Station opened 3 November 1958 Station closed

@bobly 2 года назад

Lydney Junction opened in 1851 closed in 1964

@bobly 2 года назад

Parkend station 1875 opened 1929 closed for passengers 19 May 2006 reopened

@IanandJo 5 лет назад

We enjoyed that. We spotted loads of places we had been and several that we had nipped behind a tree for a pee. We used to cycle through the forest on a regular basis so it was a trip down memory lane. There are also locations in Lydney that we have used for filming in the past so that was fun for us too. Really enjoyed this one. Huge steps forward in the editing department. Keep up the good work you two. 👍

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thanks both. Glad you enjoyed and it brought back some memories.... 😁😁

@IanandJo 5 лет назад

@@pwhitewick Indeed it did. Slightly concerning how many of them are places that we stopped to pee. We were cycling though and you've gotta keep hydrated. Those are lovely spots when it's sunny and hot by the way. You could do a lot of these on bikes around the forest.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

@@IanandJo yup, I think we need to invest in a bike rack!

@IanandJo 5 лет назад

'Tis a good plan. Avoid Halfords. They lie.

@iainhunneybell 3 года назад

Good wife 👍👍👍

@bobly 2 года назад

Milkwall opened in 1875 and closed in 1920

@bobly 2 года назад

Upper Lydbrook 23 September 1875 Opened 8 July 1929 Closed

@khadijagwen 3 года назад

Mashallah, you two are a Biblical pair as in Genesis in the beginning. Never take each other for granted. :)

@andyjames2225 5 лет назад

Just realised after watching this great video that my girlfriend lives a stone throw away in Monmouth so this area for me is going to get covered

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

It is an utterly beautiful. Do it!

@bobly 2 года назад

Norchard opened in 1991

@bobly 2 года назад

Severn Bridge 20 October 1879 Station opened 26 October 1960 services suspended November 1964 officially closed

@thomasallan1923 5 лет назад

norchard is like st marys halt and was built by the dean forest railway so doesn't really count as a disused station.

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Ahhhh. Didn't realise that. Cheers 👍

@Sim0nTrains 5 лет назад

Great video, I did visited the Dean Forest Railway a few years back and was really great heritage line, plus it was an excuse to take a ride behind Metroplitan Railways E Class, Met 1 cheaply! (When it does it London Underground charters... it not cheap! lol) Those signs which you seen, were they made from wood and old rail lines just wondering because they did look amazing, It was a good lengthy video and really enjoyed it!

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Cheers Simon. I assumed old buffer stops?

@ValeriePallaoro 2 года назад

I cannot stress this enough. It's important (extra important if this is your lifestyle regime) to marry a wife with the same stride length as your own.22:45 Written by 5ft2 wife married to 6ft4 husband (it prevents so much sarcasm and irony, not to mention fatgue generated fights, on the journey - I'm peddlin' as fast as ai can, babe!)

@pwhitewick 2 года назад

Valerie. Please don't stop commenting. We do read your comments, but don't always get a chance to reply. This (as with others) has provided much giggles.

@bobly 2 года назад

Coleford Junction opened in 1899 closed ?

@neilmackin5723 5 лет назад

Great video - BTW, have you found www.old-maps.co.uk which can be very helpful for finding obscure long lost locations

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Check out our latest video which looks at just that. (Resources that we use to travel old lines... 😁).

@jazzguitarwithandy 4 года назад

Why not save the google maps as an offline map. You can drop where you need to go as a pin, uses no data and doesn’t rely on signal.

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

Because that sounds very clever and I am most definitely not.

@jazzguitarwithandy 4 года назад

Whitewick's Abandoned Railways I do it for all holidays abroad. Would save you guys a lot of time and data!! Loving your channel, it’s very enjoyable. Have you found Port Isaac Road yet?

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

@@jazzguitarwithandy thanks. Not as yet.

@paulwood7798 4 года назад

I have worked extensivelu in the Forest Of Dean on Roman Sites and down the years I always thought there was Bilson Halt, Bilson Road and Bilson ( Green ) Station besides the two Cinderford Stations. Have I got that wrong. Are they known as something else.

@pwhitewick 4 года назад

Hi. Bilson Halt was on the Bullo Pill line to the South West of Cinderford. Bilson Road was on the Severn and Wye (This video) mainly as a short lived halt for troops. Not heard of Bilson Green I'm afraid.

@mikebrown3772 3 года назад

I thought the platform at Bilson Road was a temporary arrangement for the first two years as there was concern about the passenger line crossing an existing tramway on the level to get to Cindetford old station which replaced it.

@RichardWatt 3 года назад

Cadbury's Dairy Milk? My wife and I went to Cadbury World (this is a good few years ago now), and in the gift shop, they were selling 5kg (about 11 pound) bars of Dairy Milk: I can't remember the exact price, but it was around £20 at least... I nearly bought one, but would have had to carry it around all day when we went back to Birmingham before heading home again...

@pugthesecond 5 лет назад

Really enjoyed this one. Whose music is it?

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Thank you. Probably our favourite so far too. We use a website called epidemicsound.com which we pay a monthly subscription to for licensed music. 👍

@iainhunneybell 3 года назад

Hang on. BMW this time. Alfa and Peugeot van other times??

@davidpoulton2860 4 года назад

Dean Forest Railway to extend to Speech house

@bobly 2 года назад

Lydney Town 23 September 1875 opened 26 October 1960 passenger service suspended November 1964 officially closed 22 April 2001 reopened

@minisareus 5 лет назад

Are you doing the wye valley railway

@pwhitewick 5 лет назад

Most certainly..... Though you'd think with the amount of times I said "Severn and Wye Valley Railway" in this video, it was this one!....

@alanwarren2861 5 лет назад

Another enjoyable video, thanks both of you. Were you aware of this guy by the way (might save you some time when it comes to exploring these lines) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s7tbxEeVh0U.html

@bobly 2 года назад

Bilson Road opened in 1876 and closed in 1878

@bobly 2 года назад

Lower Lydbrook 23 September 1875 Opened 1 April 1903 Closed