Is there a train station at Newbury racecourse?
Newbury Racecourse railway station serves the East Fields area of the town of Newbury, Berkshire, England, and the adjacent Newbury Racecourse. Otherwise, the station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway between Reading and Newbury and Bedwyn.
What county is Woolton Hill in?
Hampshire County
The village of Woolton Hill is part of the civil parish of East Woodhay and is part of the East Woodhay ward of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
What area does GWR cover?
Great Western Railway (train operating company)
| Class 43 and Class 802 IET at Plymouth | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Franchise(s) | InterCity Great Western 4 February 1996 – 31 March 2006 Greater Western 1 April 2006 – 31 March 2023 |
| Main region(s) | London Thames Valley South West England South Wales |
| Other region(s) | West Midlands South East England |
Is racing on at Newbury today?
Today’s Newbury Odds and Tips No race meetings today. Other key flat races include the Hungerford Stakes and the Mill Reef Stakes. For national hunt events the key race meeting is the two day Winter Festival which features the Ladbrokes Gold Cup and it is held in late November or early December.
Does Horncastle have a castle?
Horncastle Castle has been described as a probable Fortified Manor House. There are masonry ruins/remnants remains. This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*.
How long is a GWR train?
2129.2
Great Western Railway (train operating company)
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE |
| Length | 2129.2 |
| Other |
Is GWR Nationalised?
The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally merged at the end of 1947 when it was nationalised and became the Western Region of British Railways.
Is there racing at Doncaster today?
No race meetings today. The course at Doncaster is a left -handed pear shaped track that is 1 mile and 7 ½ furlongs and it is used for Flat and National Hunt horse racing.
Where was the Woodhay Heath railway station located?
Woodhay railway station, which closed on 7 March 1960, was built on the former Woodhay heath in the north-eastern Broad Laying, Woolton Hill corner of the parish. It also served Wash Water and Enborne over the border in Berkshire.
Where is East Woodhay in Newbury, England?
East Woodhay, as described in John Goring’s Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) “WOODHAY (East), a parish, with numerous hamlets and with Woolton-Hill chapelry, in Kingsclere district, Hants; 4½ miles [7 km] SSE of Kintbury r. station, and 4½ [miles (7 km)] SW of Newbury.
Where was St Martin’s Church in Woodhay?
A good deal of “pleasant modern glass” by designer Louise Davies (1919) is found in the East Window at Saint Martin’s Church. Woodhay railway station, which closed on 7 March 1960, was built on the former Woodhay heath in the north-eastern Broad Laying, Woolton Hill corner of the parish.
When was the Newbury and Winchester Railway opened?
The line was opened between Newbury and the Company’s own station at Winchester Cheesehill on 4 May 1885, after a ceremonial inauguration three days previously. The Winchester station was reached by a bored tunnel under The Soke; it was on a cramped site adjacent to St. Giles’ Hill.