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Location notes
This is a bridge over the East Coast Main Line between New Barnet and Hadley Wood.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger:
First Capital Connect: Class 313, 321, 365
East Coast: HSTs & 225s
Hull Trains: Class 180s
Grand Central: Class 180s & HSTs
Freight:
GBRF, DBS & Freightliner Class 66s, occasionally a Class 92
First Capital Connect: Class 313, 321, 365
East Coast: HSTs & 225s
Hull Trains: Class 180s
Grand Central: Class 180s & HSTs
Freight:
GBRF, DBS & Freightliner Class 66s, occasionally a Class 92
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Hadley Wood Road Footbridge
This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
This is a quiet location, a former road bridge, now only for pedestrians situated in woodlands. Plenty of dog walkers and you can expect the usual 'is a special train coming' questions but a very nice environment.
Road directions
From the M25, Junction 24:
Head south along the A111 towards Cockfosters. After passing a speed camera (2013) you will come to a mini roundabout where you need to turn right onto Beech Hill. Continue along this road until it ends in a T junction and turn left onto Hadley Common. At the end of this road you will find the car park. Park up here and continue on foot to the bridge.
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Hadley Wood Road Footbridge map co-ordinates
Head south along the A111 towards Cockfosters. After passing a speed camera (2013) you will come to a mini roundabout where you need to turn right onto Beech Hill. Continue along this road until it ends in a T junction and turn left onto Hadley Common. At the end of this road you will find the car park. Park up here and continue on foot to the bridge.
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Hadley Wood Road Footbridge map co-ordinates
Parking
You can park, just to the west of the location, in Bakers Hill where there is a small car park.
Public transport
Not well served by public transport.
There is a public footpath that runs from New Barnet Station (opposite the railway bridge) that runs to the location parallel to the railway. This is about a half mile walk.
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There is a public footpath that runs from New Barnet Station (opposite the railway bridge) that runs to the location parallel to the railway. This is about a half mile walk.
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Amenities
Potters Bar and New Barnet have plenty of shops
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Hadley Wood Road Footbridge
Streetmap links
Hadley Wood Road Footbridge general view map
Hadley Wood Road Footbridge close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Hadley Wood Road Footbridge
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Hadley Wood Road Footbridge
Googly map
Hadley Wood Road Footbridge general view map
Hadley Wood Road Footbridge close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Hadley Wood Road Footbridge
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Photographic notes
The bridge is easy to photograph from, to the north Hadley Wood South Tunnels add to the photo nicely and to the south the buildings of Barnet add nicely to the photos and videos.
General views - All photographs © Tony Rispoli unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking north
Fig 3 - Looking north
Fig 4 - Looking south
Fig 5 - Looking south
Fig 6 - Looking south
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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.
