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Location notes
The Bury 'Ski Jump' is just outside Bury station on the East Lancs Railway on the new extension to Heywood.
Railway type and traffic
The East Lancashire Railway is a Heritage line. Most traffic is confined to Saturday and Sunday although the line does operate a summer timetable which includes running on some weekdays. For timetable and special events details look at the ELR Website.
Trains often run as a shuttle service between Bury and Heywood so motive power can be repetitive.
Trains often run as a shuttle service between Bury and Heywood so motive power can be repetitive.
Environment
A busy street in Bury.
Road directions
From the M66 junction 2:
Take the A58 into Bury. Having gone through two set of traffic lights and two mini-roundabouts you will come to a larger roundabout with a Halfords store on the right - take the first exit left and follow the dual carriageway (Angouleme Way) round. Knowsley Street is the third turning on the left and the location is a hundred meters down the road.
(At Busy Times the following route avoids the town Centre)
Take the A58 into Bury. Follow the road towards Bury town centre and as the bus lane ends you come to a junction with lights (get into the left lane soon as you can). Turn left on to Heywood Street and follow the road straight down and bearing right as it becomes Wellington Road until you reach a mini-roundabout - turn right onto Market Street, at the top you will reach a set of traffic lights facing Bury Interchange. Turn left onto Angouleme Way and left again at the next lights onto Knowsley street and the location is a hundred meters down the road.
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ELR, Bury Ski Jump, Knowsley Street map co-ordinates
Take the A58 into Bury. Having gone through two set of traffic lights and two mini-roundabouts you will come to a larger roundabout with a Halfords store on the right - take the first exit left and follow the dual carriageway (Angouleme Way) round. Knowsley Street is the third turning on the left and the location is a hundred meters down the road.
(At Busy Times the following route avoids the town Centre)
Take the A58 into Bury. Follow the road towards Bury town centre and as the bus lane ends you come to a junction with lights (get into the left lane soon as you can). Turn left on to Heywood Street and follow the road straight down and bearing right as it becomes Wellington Road until you reach a mini-roundabout - turn right onto Market Street, at the top you will reach a set of traffic lights facing Bury Interchange. Turn left onto Angouleme Way and left again at the next lights onto Knowsley street and the location is a hundred meters down the road.
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ELR, Bury Ski Jump, Knowsley Street map co-ordinates
Parking
Parking is not always easy at the location, as the day progresses many people use the road to park in and walk into town.
Public transport
Frequent Metrolink Trams from Manchester to Bury Interchange.
From Bury Interchange:
Exit the Interchange as bus traffic does and turn left. At the main road (Angouleme Way), go straight across onto Knowsley street and the location is a hundred meters down the road. - Less than 5 minute walk in all.
From Bury Bolton Street ELR:
Exit the station and turn right towards the town centre bearing right following the road past the bus station. At the main road (Angouleme Way), go straight across onto Knowsley street and the location is a hundred meters down the road. - Less than 10 minute walk in all.
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From Bury Interchange:
Exit the Interchange as bus traffic does and turn left. At the main road (Angouleme Way), go straight across onto Knowsley street and the location is a hundred meters down the road. - Less than 5 minute walk in all.
From Bury Bolton Street ELR:
Exit the station and turn right towards the town centre bearing right following the road past the bus station. At the main road (Angouleme Way), go straight across onto Knowsley street and the location is a hundred meters down the road. - Less than 10 minute walk in all.
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Amenities
Plenty of pubs, chip shops and kebab shops in Bury town center.
Sun Compass
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ELR, Bury Ski Jump, Knowsley Street
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ELR, Bury Ski Jump, Knowsley Street
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ELR, Bury Ski Jump, Knowsley Street
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Photographic notes
The line runs pretty much east to west so the bridge favours afternoon shots. Also the location is a road bridge so traffic noise might be a problem for videographers. Also the bridge wall is a good 6 feet high. Steps are a must. Trains can also often be heard whistling on departure from Bury. This will give you a minute or two's advanced notice, from this bridge, however, the train will be heading away from you if it has departed from Bury.
General views - All photographs © Andy Slater unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
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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.
