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Location notes
Ford Crossing is deep in the Surrey Hills on the Guildford - Dorking Line adjacent to and north of the village of Albury. The nearest major town is Guildford and the location is off the A25.
Railway type and traffic
Usually just the normal passenger services (First Great Western Link services) operated by 165s.
Steam specials often use this line. The specials are usually circular tours (The Downsman and VSOE luncheon excursions) from London Victoria passing Guildford and Redhill and returning to Victoria via East Croydon. The line itself not electrified.
Steam specials often use this line. The specials are usually circular tours (The Downsman and VSOE luncheon excursions) from London Victoria passing Guildford and Redhill and returning to Victoria via East Croydon. The line itself not electrified.
Environment
It is in open fields.
Road directions
From Guildford take the A25/A246 towards Leatherhead, turn right at Clandon and continue along the A25 towards Shere, over the top of the North Downs and down the other side. At the base of the Downs turn right onto the A248. Where the road bears right, turn left on to New Road and climb the hill. About 200 yards from where the road levels out behind some trees, you will see Albury Cricket ground. Park there and on foot walk along the foot path towards the Cricket Pavilion. Behind the Pavilion you will see a path that disappears into heathland follow that path until you come to a barbed wire fence that separates the heathland from a field. This field offers several views of the Guildford to Dorking Line.
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Ford Crossing, Albury map co-ordinates
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Parking
Parking is available at Albury Cricket Ground. It is a public car park in a rural area.
Public transport
Not really possible to this location.
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Amenities
No amenities - in the countryside.
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Ford Crossing, Albury
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Photographic notes
The location is on the northern side of the line so you are shooting towards the sun all year but reasonable shots can be taken.
It is a good spot for Steam locomotives as after a standing start from the water stop at Shalford it is uphill all the way to Dorking so the locomotive is working hard, especially with 11 Pullman coaches on, they have been known to slip at this location.
It is a good spot for Steam locomotives as after a standing start from the water stop at Shalford it is uphill all the way to Dorking so the locomotive is working hard, especially with 11 Pullman coaches on, they have been known to slip at this location.
General views - All photographs © Paul Robinson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south west
Fig 2 - Looking south east
Fig 3 - Looking south west
Fig 4 - Looking south east
Location Video
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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.
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