Lower Lydbrook
Before the Severn and Wye Railway was built, tramroads took coal out of the Forest of Dean. This one (the double trackway) ran to a chute that dropped coal near what is now 'The Courtfield Arms' to load onto barges. The Severn and Wye itself ran just to the right of the white house before crossing the Lyd valley on a tall viaduct (now demolished) and continuing to Lydbrook Junction. Lower Lydbrook Halt (closed 1903) was just to the right of the camera.
Location: Lower Lydbrook (former)
Original line: Severn and Wye Railway and Canal
Photographer: John Thorn
Contact photographer: John Thorn
Date: 01/09/2003
Image number: 39959
