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Axbridge By-pass A371 Old Railway Cutting going back to nature
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Another view of the old Strawberry Line railway cutting to the North of Axbridge in Somerset - now occupied by the A371 Axbridge By-pass road. -
Old Railway Cutting covered in beautiful pink and yellow wildflowers
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Photo taken along the A371 Axbridge By-pass, just to the North of the town. Here, the By-pass follows the former route of the Strawberry Line Railway where it was cut into the side of Axbridge Hill in the Mendips. If you look closely, you can still make out the rock edge where the cutting was made into the hillside, almost completely returned to nature now. -
Beautiful pink flowers growing beside the A371 Axbridge By-pass
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The slope where I saw these beautiful wild-growing flowers (garden escapees?) used to form the North face of the old Strawberry Line Railway cutting on the Northern edge of Axbridge. The railway itself has been long-gone - the modern by-pass following the route of the old railway line to the North of the Town - but if you look closely, you can still see where the old railway line used to run... An Ordnance Survey map is a great help, in the UK. If you can see roughly where the old railway used to run, you will still be able to make out features like the weather-worn limestone bedrock where the railway was cut into the slope at Hillside, along the lower slopes of Axbridge Hill.
