Hir Res Aerial Here
Tuesday 2 Mar 04
This line of roughly 11 miles closed in 1961. It has two tunnels, Badger's Oak near Gill's Green and at Horsmonden. It is difficult to trace the trackbed in a few places, especially at the northern end. It ran through beautiful high Weald countryside and is a great loss. Apparently the plan was to run through to Northiam, which helps explain its poor proximity to Hawkhurst itself. At Gill's green some of the original station structures, including the signal box remain.
Original - can you guess where the tracked is?
Trackbed (blue line) on aerial photograph. Paddock Wood centre background.
Photograph courtesy of Chris Fletcher (Pilot) Bit of a pot shot as flying solo!
Paddock Wood Junction
Looking South from Junction.
Queen Street Bridge
Back Park Lane - Looking SW
Opposite Three Tax Farm
Three Tax Farm.
Churn Lane. Looking towards August Pitts Farm
Churn Lane - looking SE.
From the garden of the above property. Courtesy of the owner (who had a keen interest in the branch). Trackbed was to right of the treeline.
Yew Tree Green Road bridge. Looking back towards property in above photo.
Opposite side of bridge. Not much left.
Chris looking for trackbed. The joys of railway archeology!
Swigs Hole Farm bridge
Horsmonden northern portal.
Southern portal. Filled with rubbish.
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