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Location notes
Two miles north of Warrington where WCML and North Wales - Manchester and Warrington - Liverpool routes run over 4 tracks with clear view of all 4 tracks both north and south. Just to the south of Winwick Junction.
Railway type and traffic
Plenty of Virgin Cross country and West Coast services. Various hourly local services using multiple units 142/158/175[0/1]. Plenty of freight to see with traffic from DRS, DB Schenker and Freightliner.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Winwick
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Environment
Rural Cheshire.
Road directions
Best from A49 / M62 junction. From junction head north up A49 for 100 yards to traffic lights. Filter left to supermarket but at roundabout take 2nd exit and continue down road keeping supermarket to left. Continue to T-junction whereupon turn right and continue along road for 400 - 500 yards to left hand turn. Site is immediately obvious so park car and choose spot.
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Winwick map co-ordinates
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Winwick map co-ordinates
Parking
Both sides BUT leave enough room for heavy lorries to pass on way to / from local scrap yard.
Public transport
Quite poor - most people arrive by car.
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Amenities
None at the location, best to head back to the retail area where there is a Burger King or a B&Q store with a cafe.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Winwick
Streetmap links
Winwick general view map
Winwick close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Winwick
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Winwick
Googly map
Winwick general view map
Winwick close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Winwick
Who likes this location on facebook
Railway Gen Group
Photographic notes
Given the track curvature at the location shots are better from the east side in the morning and west side in the afternoon. The sun is on the west side of the line around 11:00 in the winter or 12:00 in the summer.
General views - All photographs © Fred Kerr unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
From the western side of the line, in the afternoon.
Fig 2 - Looking south
From the eastern side of the line in the morning.
Location Video
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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.
