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Location notes
Kirk Sandall is located 4 miles away from Doncaster, South Yorkshire and is on the Doncaster to Scunthorpe line.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger traffic is in the hands of units like 142s, 144s, 150s, 156s, 158s and 185s.
Freight is a mix of class 60/66/67.
Freight is a mix of class 60/66/67.
Environment
This location is 2 minute walk away from Kirk Sandall station. Pretty safe by day but Kirk Sandall not a great place to hang around at night.
Road directions
From the M18, Junction 4:
Follow the A630 back towards Edenthorpe and Doncaster. When you come to a roundabout after going under a railway bridge take the second exit onto the dual carriageway. Then at the next roundabout take the third exit onto Barnby Dun Road and follow this road along to the station.
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Kirk Sandall map co-ordinates
Follow the A630 back towards Edenthorpe and Doncaster. When you come to a roundabout after going under a railway bridge take the second exit onto the dual carriageway. Then at the next roundabout take the third exit onto Barnby Dun Road and follow this road along to the station.
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Kirk Sandall map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a road next to nice houses so pretty safe.
Public transport
The Kirk Sandall train staion is next to the location.
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Amenities
There is a chippy and shops near but no toilet.
Sun Compass
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Kirk Sandall
Streetmap links
Kirk Sandall general view map
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Kirk Sandall
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Kirk Sandall
Googly map
Kirk Sandall general view map
Kirk Sandall close up map
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Photographic notes
Light is superb for stuff coming from the east from around 1pm until dark. The area is a suitable surface for tripods.
General views - All photographs © Andrew Pearson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north east
Fig 2 - Looking south west
Fig 3 - Looking south west
From the station footbridge.
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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.
