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Location notes
Easenhall is a nice quiet Warwickshire village to the North of Rugby. The busy West Coast Main Line passes through here.
Railway type and traffic
An assortment of traffic can be seen passing here including Virgin services, London Midland passenger services. There is also plenty of DRS, Freightliner and DB Schenker freight workings.
Environment
The location is at a footbridge between some fields.
Road directions
From Rugby, head out through Newbold on the B4112 and head toward Harborough Magna. As you approach the village, take a left-hand turn to Easenhall. look out for the 'Golden Lion' on the right. You need the public footpath on the left hand side just before the pub.
Alternatively, The approach to this location using the footpath from the south is also quite easy and has the advantage of a walk along the canal from Cathiron where there is roadside parking.
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Easenhall map co-ordinates
Alternatively, The approach to this location using the footpath from the south is also quite easy and has the advantage of a walk along the canal from Cathiron where there is roadside parking.
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Easenhall map co-ordinates
Parking
Park on the left hand side of the road.
Public transport
De Courcey service 585 operates every 30 minutes from Rugby Town Centre to Coventry Railway Station via Brinklow village. Certain journeys
(approx every 2 hours) also serve Easenhall Village and run along the road between there and Brinklow.
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Amenities
There is the Golden Lion pub in the village.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Easenhall
Streetmap links
Easenhall general view map
Easenhall close up map
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Easenhall
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Easenhall
Googly map
Easenhall general view map
Easenhall close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
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Photographic notes
The positioning of the footbridge makes Southbound shots difficult, but reasonable Northbound shots can be obtained here.
General views - All photographs © Jason Rodhouse unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north west
Fig 2 - Looking south east
Fig 3 - Looking north west - Photo © Ian Cook
Fig 4 - Looking north - Photo © Ian Cook
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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.
