"Leighton Logs" area Phot Spot gen, Autumn 2005
| Location | Up services (in sun) | Down services (in sun) | Addit Info | Car Parking |
| Soulbury Road Bridge | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | busy road, vile new bypass construction ruined PM views | safe |
| "Mouldy" Chelmscote Bridge | OK-am | OK-am | busy road, many bushes | safe |
| Canalside Chelmscote | OK-am Slow lines best | OK-am Slow lines best | Waters usually disturbed by boat traffic an hour after dawn. | safe, by canal nr Old Linslade church. 3/4 mile towpath walk. |
| Old Linslade footbridge | OK-am/pm | OK-pm | new gantry spoils some DF views. "keep to the footpath" signs have a history! | safe, by canal nr Old Linslade church. .1/3 mile footpath walk. Path closed due pipeline work Oct-Dec 07 |
| Old Linslade churchside | OK-am | OK-am | Side on views, new noise bund slowly making it impossible to phot | safe, by canal nr Old Linslade church or at churchyard |
| Linslade tunnel N portal | OK-pm | OK-pm | phot from path on Down side of railway, tree clearence has improved views slightly | park at tunnel itself but not secure |
| Linslade tunnel S portal | no | yes-am/pm slow lines | also view from Knaves Hill estate road | no |
| Leighton Station | OK-pm | OK-am | normal factor plus soche security staff sometimes until 1630 | safe, but ching am |
| Bunkers Lane "paddock" | OK-pm | OK-pm | enter field behind bus stop on main road. Keep to path, side on views only, wildlife haven! | none, short walk from station |
| By Pass bridge (downside) | no | OK-pm | noisy traffic..considered by some "to be one of the best vantage points South of Crewe". | none, car break-ins reported locally. Can walk from Tiddenfoot Lake car park which is more secure |
| Ledburn Road bridge 131 | OK-pm | OK-pm | spoilt by ugly "new"by pass bridge to rear but ok for side on views. Problem hedge normally cut back in October | no parking |
| Three Arches viaduct | OK-am/pm* | OK-am/pm* | from road or *Ledburn path views | none. |
| Ledburn "Jn" footbridge | OK-am/pm | OK-pm | a pleasure to fester at; whatever the weather. Background site now level ground. Trees now obscure up pm views | not secure, car break-ins reported locally. |
| Bridego bridge | OK-pm | OK-am/pm | Now clear of bushes, but a bit sterile after new junction installed. "Charlie's pond" offers reflective views in Winter | secure but fisherman own site! |
| Cheddington Station | OK-pm | OK-am/pm | quiet station, unstaffed after 1000 Mon-Fri and all day weekends. DF is a bit narrow and the elevated position makes into cold in the wind | free at weekends and pm |
view notes are my own reflecting a few years festering round these sometimes lonely spots!
Enjoy our area,
NR, 1005
Comprehensive phot spot gen for the Bedford and Marston vale area, ta to TC.
Comprehensive phot spot gen for the Aylesbury-Claydon-Bicester line, ta to GR.