Description

1. 5118 OLDLAND CHERRY GARDEN LANE (off) (Avon and Gloucestershire Tramway) Retaining walls and junction with 'California Incline', Causeway and bridge over Siston Brook ST 67 SE 4/207 near Cherry Garden Lane II 2. Opened 1832 California Junction 1869. Impressive pennant stone embankment about 200 yds long. The California Incline Railway meets this at an angle and is composed of a raised causeway about 20 ft high, buttressed on south side and crossing Siston Brook with a plain arch. The parapet of the causeway has a soldier course. Closed 1904. Important remains of this tramway from Rodway Hill to the Avon include wharfs near Londonderry Farm and Avonside (qv).

Listing NGR: ST6680870908

External Links

• Wikidata Q26567507

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]