Leominster Canal
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The Leominster Canal was an English canal which ran for just over 18 miles from Mamble to Leominster through 16 locks and a number of tunnels, some of which suffered engineering problems even before t
Aqueduct over the river Teme at Little Hereford
The Aqueduct over the River Rea, north of the village of Newnham Bridge, Parish of Knighton on Teme
The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway was an English railway company that built a standard gauge line between those places. It opened its main line in 1853.
Leominster Canal
…dividend. What little money was collected was mostly paid for tolls on the transport of coal. In 1858, after sustained pressure by the canal company, the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway paid £12,000 for the canal, which valued each £100 share at £16, and drained it soon after to sell the land. Part of the route was subsequently used…
A preserved boundary marker for the S&H at Hereford station in 2011
Leominster railway station
From a train approaching Hereford station
The site of the closed Woofferton station