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Location notes
Long Buckby is a large village in Northamptonshire. The Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line runs through here.
Railway type and traffic
This section of line sees an hourly service to Euston and Birmingham New Street. The occasional Virgin service is also scheduled to pass here. Sometimes, particularly at weekends, all traffic can be diverted via this loop.
The line also sees regular freight traffic including Freightliner and DB Schenker.
The line also sees regular freight traffic including Freightliner and DB Schenker.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge
This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
This particlar location is very quiet, and you need to walk through a few fields to get here.
Road directions
From Northampton, head out on the A428.The turning for the village is well signposted. When in the centre of the village, bear left on the road to Daventry. After passing the Fire Station, turn left into South Close. This then leads into Wright road. You should look for a public footpath sign. Simply follow the footpath and disregarding any left or righthand turns, and you should arrive at the location.
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Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge map co-ordinates
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Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge map co-ordinates
Parking
Parking is in a residential area, but you should not get any trouble in this part of the village.
Public transport
Long Buckby station is served by two trains an hour from Birmingham to Northampton, hourly continuing to London Euston.
Stagecoach service 96 also operates hourly between Rugby and Northampton to Long Buckby village.
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Stagecoach service 96 also operates hourly between Rugby and Northampton to Long Buckby village.
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Amenities
There are no amenities here, although you could feast on blackberries (Or post your gen using them ;o) ed) during the summer months should you wish!
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge
Streetmap links
Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge general view map
Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge
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Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge
Googly map
Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge general view map
Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Long Buckby - Panthers Bridge
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Photographic notes
When you arrive at the bridge, you will notice that the walls are quite tall. Shorter photographers may find it beneficial to bring some light steps with them.
Shots can be taken from both sides of the bridge, and the sun should be behind you for lunchtime/afternoon shots.
Shots can be taken from both sides of the bridge, and the sun should be behind you for lunchtime/afternoon shots.
General views - All photographs © Jason Rodhouse unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
Fig 2 - Looking north
Both the footbridges in background of figs 1 and 2 offer shots, but these are not great.
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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.
