Waltham on the Wolds is a village in the civil parish of Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold, in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It lies about 5 miles north-east of Melton Mowbray an
Branston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croxton Kerrial in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It lies 1 mile north of the A607 road, 7 miles sou
Waltham on the Wolds
…and there was no regular passenger service. The line was owned by GNR and was used mainly by iron ore trains from quarries near Knipton, Eaton and Branston. The remains of the line are still visible. There was a trailing junction with the Eaton Branch Railway (opened in 1884) to the south west of the…