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Location notes
On the Great Eastern Main line between Witham and Marks Tey in Essex, the level crossing is just south of the station. The nearest city is Colchester.
Railway type and traffic
Varied passenger and freight services passing through at quite high speed, lots of freight going to and from Felixstowe.
Typically you will see Class 66, occasional 70s, 90 (on passenger & freight), 321 & 360.
Typically you will see Class 66, occasional 70s, 90 (on passenger & freight), 321 & 360.
Environment
This is a quiet level crossing, on one side is a row of houses and a church and on the other side are fields.
Road directions
From A12, Junction 23 northbound:
Exit onto London Rd/B1024 toward Kelvedon/Tiptree/B1023. after passing the Angle pub on the right take the left turn and follow this to the crossing.
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Kelvedon, Church Street crossing map co-ordinates
Exit onto London Rd/B1024 toward Kelvedon/Tiptree/B1023. after passing the Angle pub on the right take the left turn and follow this to the crossing.
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Kelvedon, Church Street crossing map co-ordinates
Parking
You can park near the crossing.
Public transport
The location is a short walk from Kelvedon Town Centre.
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Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Kelvedon, Church Street crossing
Streetmap links
Kelvedon, Church Street crossing general view map
Kelvedon, Church Street crossing close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Kelvedon, Church Street crossing
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Kelvedon, Church Street crossing
Googly map
Kelvedon, Church Street crossing general view map
Kelvedon, Church Street crossing close up map
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Kelvedon, Church Street crossing
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Photographic notes
The lighting is good most of the time but in the winter, the sun is lower and may affect photos of trains heading towards Colchester and Norwich.
General views - All photographs © Tony Rispoli unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south west
Fig 2 - Looking north east
Fig 3 - Looking north
From the western side of the line.
Fig 4 - Looking south
From the western side of the line.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
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.
