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Location notes
Bentley Foot crossing is located around 6 miles south of Ipswich on the A137. It is located on the Great Eastern Main Line.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger services to London and Norwich, NXEA 90s and MkIIIs, but also Lowestoft and peterborough. In peak hours there are some trains that terminate at Ipswich. These will be operated by Class 360s,321s or a 170 Turbostar.
You will see a reasonable amount of traffic including Intermodal traffic to and from Felixstowe and the West Coast Main Line.
You will see a reasonable amount of traffic including Intermodal traffic to and from Felixstowe and the West Coast Main Line.
Environment
The location is pretty secluded. There is about 3 or 4 houses around the area. The Crossing is always quiet except when a train is passing.
Farmers fields surround the railway. But the farmer is quite friendly but just don't do anything to his field that you would not want doing to your field!
Farmers fields surround the railway. But the farmer is quite friendly but just don't do anything to his field that you would not want doing to your field!
Road directions
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Bentley Foot Crossing, Ipswich map co-ordinates
Parking
Park your car on the grass verge to the left it will be very safe there if you leave enough room for the farmer and his tractor to get through.
Public transport
There is no, known, way of getting to this location by public transport.
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Amenities
There are no amenities in the area you would have to make a drive to Manningtree or Ipswich.
Accommodation
There are many B&Bs in Ipswich and Manningtree.
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Bentley Foot Crossing, Ipswich
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Bentley Foot Crossing, Ipswich
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Bentley Foot Crossing, Ipswich
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Photographic notes
There is are always shadows in the evening due to trees behind you.
You do get plenty of warning of oncoming trains they sound there horn around 3 times.
You do get plenty of warning of oncoming trains they sound there horn around 3 times.
General views - All photographs © Tom Jenkins unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
