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Location notes
Lakenham is a suburb of Norwich, which covers a of square mile or so of both the Norwich to Ely and Norwich to London lines once they have passed Trowse Junction, where the two lines part.
Railway type and traffic
Mostly passenger traffic operated by Central Trains 156/158/170s and Greater Anglia mainly 170s with the odd 150. The odd freight including North Walsham CondensateTanks and departmental workings.
Environment
Road directions
From Norwich Station:
Follow the inner ring road around from the station, running next to the station sidings, passing Morrisons on your right. The right hand lane is required at the set of lights after Morrisons to head towards Lowestoft. There is a sharp left turn then just after passing over a swing bridge but this is the way the main road goes. At the end of this road is a T junction, where again, follow the signs for Lowestoft (A146) which will take you left, down the hill to a roundabout. Turn right at this roundabout, again, still following signs for Lowestoft and when you pass the Q8 garage on the left, ensure you are in the lane to carry along the ringroad (straight-over) as opposed to turning left to carry on to Lowestoft.
Once straight over this junction, take the first left, down a windy road passing under the Norwich to London mainline, turning left at the end of the road, by the Lakenham 'Cock' Inn. Just after turning here is a small space by the side of the road to park, the location is only 30m away.
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Lakenham map co-ordinates
Follow the inner ring road around from the station, running next to the station sidings, passing Morrisons on your right. The right hand lane is required at the set of lights after Morrisons to head towards Lowestoft. There is a sharp left turn then just after passing over a swing bridge but this is the way the main road goes. At the end of this road is a T junction, where again, follow the signs for Lowestoft (A146) which will take you left, down the hill to a roundabout. Turn right at this roundabout, again, still following signs for Lowestoft and when you pass the Q8 garage on the left, ensure you are in the lane to carry along the ringroad (straight-over) as opposed to turning left to carry on to Lowestoft.
Once straight over this junction, take the first left, down a windy road passing under the Norwich to London mainline, turning left at the end of the road, by the Lakenham 'Cock' Inn. Just after turning here is a small space by the side of the road to park, the location is only 30m away.
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Lakenham map co-ordinates
Parking
A small off road area about 30 meters from the location.
Public transport
Sun Compass
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Lakenham
Streetmap links
Lakenham general view map
Lakenham close up map
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Lakenham
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Lakenham
Googly map
Lakenham general view map
Lakenham close up map
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Lakenham
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Photographic notes
Its best to keep a close eye on the road traffic whilst on the bridge as it is not the widest bridge in the world, and bends either side of it make it slightly hazardous to anyone standing on it.
General views - All photographs © Mark Ireland unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
Fig 2 - Looking west
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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.
