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Location notes
Chertsey is on the line linking the London Waterloo to Reading line at Virginia Water with the main line to Basingstoke at Weybridge.
Railway type and traffic
There is a regular half-hourly local service from London Waterloo to Weybridge via Chertsey. There is also the occasional freight and engineers working.
Environment
The location is a quiet footbridge on a footpath on the edge of Chertsey. There is a school nearby.
Road directions
From the M25, junction 11:
Head east along the A317, then turn north onto the A318 towards Chertsey. Just as you enter the built up area, there is a church on the left, with a mini-roundabout ahead. The footpath leads alongside the church.
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Chertsey, Addlestone Moor map co-ordinates
Head east along the A317, then turn north onto the A318 towards Chertsey. Just as you enter the built up area, there is a church on the left, with a mini-roundabout ahead. The footpath leads alongside the church.
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Chertsey, Addlestone Moor map co-ordinates
Parking
Parking on the main road is restricted, and next to the church is for Cemetery visitors only. It is best to turn left after the mini-roundabout and find parking on one of the residential roads.
Public transport
From Chertsey station, turn left, then right into Station Road. Continue, past a pub, to the end where the road turns left into Highfield Road with the school on the right. Continue to the main road at the end, turning left, then turn left again by the church and continue down the lane and footpath to the footbridge.
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Chertsey, Addlestone Moor
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Photographic notes
The light here is best in a morning until just after 1200 for trains heading towards Weybridge, and from mid-afternoon onwards for those in the opposite direction.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north west
Fig 2 - Looking north west
Fig 3 - Looking south east
Fig 4 - Looking north west - Photo by Chris Nevard
Fig 5 - Looking north west - Photo by Chris Nevard
Fig 6 - Looking south east - Photo by Chris Nevard
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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.
