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Location notes
The road to Thornhill is in the Hope Valley, near the village of Hope. It is a picturesque area in the Peak District and is located on the line from Manchester to Sheffield.
Railway type and traffic
There is an hourly service both from Manchester to Cleethorpes, usually Trans Pennines class 158 units, and from Liverpool to Norwich, usually Central's 158 and 170 units. In addition, there is a two hourly local service of 142s from Newton Heath's allocation, and a variety of freight trains, in particular Stone Trains heading east from Peak Forest and Infrastructure trains to Castleton.
Environment
The area is rural, the bridge here being on a quiet country lane.
Road directions
From the Sheffield direction, take the A6187 towards Hope. About 1km after the A6013 turns right towards Bamford, there is a road on the right signposted towards Thornhill. The bridge is about 200 yards up here.
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Thornhill map co-ordinates
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Thornhill map co-ordinates
Parking
You can park on the lane after the bridge.
Public transport
It would be a long walk (maybe 30 minutes) from Hope station. Turn left onto the main road and head towards Bamford, turning left towards Thornhill.
First Bus service 272 operates from Sheffield to Bamford, Hope and Castleton, every 1/2 hours.
How ever it is a much shorter walk from Bamford station (12 to 15 mins) than from Hope. Turn left on leaving the station. Turn first right into a minor road. Turn right at the end of this road onto the A6187 road. Ignore a footpath sign marked Thornhill, and continue on the main road until you see Thornhill Lane on the right.
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First Bus service 272 operates from Sheffield to Bamford, Hope and Castleton, every 1/2 hours.
How ever it is a much shorter walk from Bamford station (12 to 15 mins) than from Hope. Turn left on leaving the station. Turn first right into a minor road. Turn right at the end of this road onto the A6187 road. Ignore a footpath sign marked Thornhill, and continue on the main road until you see Thornhill Lane on the right.
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Thornhill
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Photographic notes
The light is best until early afternoon for trains heading east, though you get limited warning of their approach. After this the light favours looking east, where the view is more restricted.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking east
Fig 3 - 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.
