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Location notes
An open view of the line between Dartford and Hither Green. Taken from the A2 road bridge the location offers a view of the line with the parish church of St John of Bexley in the background.
Railway type and traffic
Mostly southern 3rd rail units.
Environment
A loud noisy roadside. The area is always busy with passing traffic but would be unsuitable at night due to lack of light on railway.
Road directions
From the M25, Junction 2:
Follow the A2 road into London towards Dartford for about 3.5 miles. Keep in the left hand lane, for local traffic. You will pass over the bridge then in under .25miles you go under a road bridge. Keep left all the way over the bridge and at the next roundabout take the second exit and continue up Gravel Hill. Take the first left onto Gravel Hill Road and park up here.
Walk back to the road bridge and continue under and then use the bridge to cross the A2. On the other side take the steps down and walk to the location.
It is not possible to safely cross the road, but you can use the footpaths at the bridge to go under the road to reach the other side.
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Bexley, A2 East Rochester Way map co-ordinates
Follow the A2 road into London towards Dartford for about 3.5 miles. Keep in the left hand lane, for local traffic. You will pass over the bridge then in under .25miles you go under a road bridge. Keep left all the way over the bridge and at the next roundabout take the second exit and continue up Gravel Hill. Take the first left onto Gravel Hill Road and park up here.
Walk back to the road bridge and continue under and then use the bridge to cross the A2. On the other side take the steps down and walk to the location.
It is not possible to safely cross the road, but you can use the footpaths at the bridge to go under the road to reach the other side.
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Bexley, A2 East Rochester Way map co-ordinates
Parking
You can not park directly at the location as it is the A2 road. But there is residential parking on Gravel Hill Close which is 5-10 minutes walk away.
Public transport
From Bexley Railway station it is a 15 minute walk to the location.
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Amenities
There is nothing at the location. The closest amenities are in Bexley town.
Accommodation
There is a Holiday Inn at the road junction just to the west of the location.
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Bexley, A2 East Rochester Way
Streetmap links
Bexley, A2 East Rochester Way general view map
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Bexley, A2 East Rochester Way
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Bexley, A2 East Rochester Way
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Bexley, A2 East Rochester Way
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Photographic notes
The favoured shot at this location is of westbound trains, heading in the Dartford direction. This view will include the spire of St John parish church in the background. The best time of day for this angle roughly is from around 08:00 to 11:00 depending on the time of year. There are other options from the footpath, or the fields which are accessible through the broken fences, for westbound trains. These are from the north of the line.
There is also a view of trains headed in the Bexley direction from the other side of the bridge. To access this you will need to walk under the bridge, using the footpaths. Crossing the road here would be very dangerous.
There is no way of seeing, or hearing, rail traffic coming up behind you on either side of the bridge.
Due to the nature of this location it is not best suited to video and audio recordings due to the road noise coming from the A2.
There is also a view of trains headed in the Bexley direction from the other side of the bridge. To access this you will need to walk under the bridge, using the footpaths. Crossing the road here would be very dangerous.
There is no way of seeing, or hearing, rail traffic coming up behind you on either side of the bridge.
Due to the nature of this location it is not best suited to video and audio recordings due to the road noise coming from the A2.
General views - All photographs © Marcus Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking east
Fig 3 - Looking south
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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.
