The Station, Washingborough, Lincolnshire. Although Washingborough was, at the time, only a small village the creation of the Great Northern Railway's line from Lincoln to Boston in the middle of the 19th century gave the village it's own station as a line passed through here following the course of the River Witham. Opening in 1846 the station served the village and it's growing population until the 1960's when, in an attempt to control the spiralling cost of running the rail network, it fell under the Beeching Axe which saw many little-used and unprofitable lines disappear. The rails have long since gone and the station, although looking closed up in this shot, is now a private house. The old track bed is now part of 'The Water Rail Way' a multi-use path that will eventually connect Lincoln and Boston, promising 20 miles of off-road path and 13 miles on quiet lanes. At the moment the route runs for nine miles alongside the River Witham from Lincoln to Bardney.
