Somerleyton Swing Rail Bridge
Somerleyton Swing Bridge, Staith Lane, Somerleyton NR34 0DL, United Kingdom
Somerleyton Swing Rail Bridge carries a footpath over the Norfolk Broads (River Waveney - Main Navigation) near to Harrogate.
Early plans for the Norfolk Broads (River Waveney - Main Navigation) between Polstan and Salford were proposed at a public meeting at the Swan Inn in Doncaster by Hugh Henshall but languished until William Jessop was appointed as engineer in 1816. Expectations for iron traffic to Taunhampton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Eastcroft kept it open. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Smith painted a mural of Wesspool Cutting on the side of Barry Edwards's house to encourage restoration of Runcorn Tunnel.
Somerleyton Swing Rail Bridge
is a minor waterways place
on the Norfolk Broads (River Waveney - Main Navigation) between
Waveney - New Cut Junction (1 mile and 7½ furlongs
to the northwest) and
Waveney - Oulton Dyke Junction (2 miles and 7¼ furlongs
to the southeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Waveney - New Cut Junction is Slugs Lane Marina;
¾ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a swing bridge here.
Bell Inn  | 2 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
St. Olaves Marina  | 2 miles, ½ furlongs | |
| Waveney - New Cut Junction | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Haddiscoe Railway Bridge (dismantled) | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Slugs Lane Marina | ¾ furlongs | |
| Somerleyton Swing Rail Bridge | ||
| Waveney - Oulton Dyke Junction | 2 miles, 7¼ furlongs | |
Waveney River Centre  | 3 miles, 5 furlongs | |
| Seven Mile Carr | 5 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Beccles Bypass Bridge | 10 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
| Beccles Marinas | 10 miles, 4½ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Somerleyton Station
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Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Yare - Waveney Junction
Yare - Hardley Dyke Junction — 7 miles, 1¾ furlongs away
Travel to Waveney - New Cut Junction, then on the Norfolk Broads (Haddiscoe Cut) to Yare - New Cut Junction, then on the Norfolk Broads (River Yare - Main Navigation) to Yare - Hardley Dyke Junction
Yare - Waveney Junction — 7 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Yare - Waveney JunctionNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
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[Greater Anglia (train operating company)]
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[Norfolk Railway]
Allen says 4 June 1844, page 13. The Carrow swing bridge is nowadays generally referred to as Trowse Swing Bridge. George Dow, The First Railway in Norfolk
[History of the East Suffolk line]
Haddiscoe Yard, Haddiscoe Junction, Reedham Swing Bridge and Reedham station." The track over the St Olaves swing bridge was altered to become a conventional
[Yarmouth–Beccles line]
only a little less circuitous than the original route via Lowestoft, Somerleyton and the Reedham East Curve, entering Yarmouth Vauxhall via Berney Arms
[King's Lynn railway station]
and at one point was a complicated network of lines, boasting two swing bridges, serving premises on and around the town's South Quay. Another short
[Lowestoft railway station]
completion of the Lowestoft and Beccles Railway which entered the town via a swing bridge over Oulton Broad, where a 1.75-mile (2.82-kilometre) freight line branched
[Brundall railway station]
Brundall station became a Norfolk Railway asset. On 15 December 1845 a swing bridge over the River Wensum opened and this allowed freight trains going to
[Thetford railway station]
in the suburbs of Norwich, as the contractors were having to build a swing bridge to cross the navigable River Wensum. Thetford station was, when opened
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