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Location notes
Croome, Croome Perry or Besford as it is sometimes referred to is a quite spot located in between Pershore and Worcester on the Birmingham - Bristol Main Line.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger traffic is Voyagers and Central Trains sprinters, although Virgin do run summer specials with motive power other than Voyagers.
Freight wise, the line sees regular steel traffic to and from South Wales with the seven day a week Lackenby - Llanwern steel trains still producing class 60s.
The line also sees DRS Flask traffic from Bridgewater to Crew along with MGR Coal, Cartics and Cement carried by FL (this usually runs at night). An average day will see at least seven freights during daylight.
Freight wise, the line sees regular steel traffic to and from South Wales with the seven day a week Lackenby - Llanwern steel trains still producing class 60s.
The line also sees DRS Flask traffic from Bridgewater to Crew along with MGR Coal, Cartics and Cement carried by FL (this usually runs at night). An average day will see at least seven freights during daylight.
Environment
The location is a road bridge over the line with parking on each side. The road is a rural relatively quite country road.
Road directions
From the M5, Junction 7:
Take the first exit at the roundabout (A44) continue about 7 miles straight down. You will come to a small town called Pershore, just as you pass the boundary signs welcoming you to the town, turn right. Continue on the road for about 1.5 miles where you will come to a cross roads, carry strait on and the road will lead to the rail bridge.
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Croome Perry - Besford map co-ordinates
Take the first exit at the roundabout (A44) continue about 7 miles straight down. You will come to a small town called Pershore, just as you pass the boundary signs welcoming you to the town, turn right. Continue on the road for about 1.5 miles where you will come to a cross roads, carry strait on and the road will lead to the rail bridge.
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Croome Perry - Besford map co-ordinates
Parking
There is parking on either side of the road on the verge. You can literally take great photos from your car at this location.
Public transport
There is no public transport to this location.
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Amenities
Local amenities are at Pershore i.e. Kebab house, Chippy etc..
Accommodation
There are three or four hotels are available in Pershore.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Croome Perry - Besford
Streetmap links
Croome Perry - Besford general view map
Croome Perry - Besford close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Croome Perry - Besford
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Croome Perry - Besford
Googly map
Croome Perry - Besford general view map
Croome Perry - Besford close up map
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Croome Perry - Besford
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Photographic notes
The real shot at this location is the southbound one where the light is good for southbound trains from 09:00 to around 16:30 during the day, the northbound shot is not great sun wise but gets better during the afternoon, however the lineside growth is becming more and more of a problem at the moment for this directions.
As the location is rural video is no problem apart from the odd tractor or car on the bridge.
As the location is rural video is no problem apart from the odd tractor or car on the bridge.
General views - All photographs © Matt Clarke unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking north
Fig 3 - Looking south
Fig 4 - Looking south
Fig 5 - Looking north - Photo by Jason Cross
From the west side of the line.
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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.
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