Norwich City Station to Drayton Disused Railway Walk

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Norwich City Station to Drayton Disused Railway Walk.
In this video we begin our walk on the location of Norwich City Station, once the terminus of the Midland and Great Northern Railway.
upon taking a look at this site, we uncover the remains of an Engine Shed before setting off towards Hellesdon Station and the Iron Bridge that sits nearby.
Next up we head towards our destination of Drayton where once a station was present.
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[@DavidSevern]

I'm amazed your not getting 100,000 views on your productions. I look fwd to each new upload and make a huge coffee and time just flows.. Always really interesting, I'm always completely absorbed, just please don't stop doing this.

[@BC610E]

Hi Ant, great walk! Local to me so good to see some familiar places. Next section up to Whitwell is as good. BTW, the locals say "Cossey" not Costessy!

[@alanlake5220]

A great walk and bit of local history for me, i live on Thorpe Marroitt, and walked Marriotts way lots of times, and its a good walk onwards to Lenwade, where as a school boy i was lucky enough to have a good van ride to concrete works at Lenwade, The long way round via Wroxham and the Thelemathorpe curve .

[@Peter-MH]

“It’s been a brilliant year”... er, has it?!.. 😉 Not sure when this was filmed, but maybe it was 2019! Great video as ever though!

[@irievibes82]

Maybe its been a brilliant year to him...

[@Soggybudgie]

Ant, To add to the pronunciation comments about Costessey, may I also add that the first syllable of Fakenham is the same as the girl's name Fay, and rhymes with a famous Scottish river! Great video; I used to know Norwich well, having grown up in Norfolk and worked in the city when I first left school. Brian

[@shirleylynch7529]

Absolutely brilliant filming. The colours in your vlog is stunning. Great to see some remains from long ago. The iron bridge amazing. Thank you again your time and share ...with us.

[@bobingram6912]

Ant, you stumbled on more "dead" railway relics than you could shake a stick at. Amazing how a big station ĺike that can just disappear. Is it me or do the B&W days look a lot better - must be getting old!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Bob. It's always nice to go somewhere new and this was a treat. Apparently the next section is even better 😃

[@geoffpoole483]

@@TrekkingExploration It is! At Whitwell there's a monument dedicated to troops who boarded trains to fight for their country in WW1. I doubt many came back unscathed.

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@geoffpoole483 I'll be back in August 😀

[@telemachus53]

The weather certainly changed during the walk, it started out as colourful as Joseph's coat and ended up, well, just a bit less bright. Last time I was in Norwich I walked along the path from Brazen Gate to where the Victoria station route joined up the Thorpe Line. Nice walk but a bit short - and busy with commuters and schoolkids cycling their way to school. Thanks for a great video and I'm sure that if Monet had stopped and gazed at that last bridge (19:28) we'd have a famous painting on our hands.

[@kennethnaunton3323]

Thankyou for sharing Brilliant video. I used to live in Costessy (pronounced cossey lol) I walked that line (track still in situ) as small child around 1971, line at that time still used to lenwade . At Hellesdon there used to be a siding with a cattle dock Opposite in those trees not sure if still there.

[@EnglishTurbines]

Enjoyed that matey, Thankyou...The nostalgic black and white photos were brilliant. Al those ornate Stations and platforms destroyed by Beeching and his cuts....🤔😯😯🇬🇧

[@davidsummerfield2594]

This line and its stations were closed in 1959, at least four and half years before Beeching.

[@glennrenfrew8155]

Yet another great video. I’m still fascinated by that recent video of the disused railway line with the red stop light still illuminated! Brilliant! Please keep up the good work Ant 👍

[@darrenhudson5503]

Amazing how nature always takes back what is hers

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

I dont know this part of the country Ant but it looks like a cracking walk mate .. even the new pieces of art that line the route look interesting....Thanks for another cracking video mate ..Stay safe and look after yourself ..Frank & Lee...

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

That was a great find, well done. Was the station at Drayton privately owned, I was shouting at the screen "Go on Ant, have a peek!!", some people really don't mind but others can get quite shirty. I met some lovely people in Lincolnshire when I photographed every disused station in the county last summer when lockdown was eased - I just had to get out!!!

[@stephenpearson-jacklin8401]

It’s an industrial estate now, owned by the county council. All demolished and I was surprised that he didn’t walk up Station Rd and look down onto it. It’s a massive site.

[@geoffpoole483]

Very interesting . Since you visited the path past Hellesdon platform has been surfaced with tarmac. I was cycling along the Marriotts Way a few days ago and saw a muntjac near the first bridge over the Wensum.

[@rabbitsrule9437]

Interesting but what might be made clearer is where the start of the railway is actually located it looked like near Halfords somewhere.

[@martinmarsola6477]

A great tour on this beautiful site and trail. Thanks for the video and chat. Cheers Ant!

[@simongee8928]

I mind of my mum and gran taking me to this station when it was piled with redundant artillery pieces waiting to be moved out by rail. For an eight year old, it was awesome - !

[@NR23derek]

Costessey is pronounces "Cossey", but nice try :)

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

I guess with the advent of the automobile trains were just fazed out

[@stephenpearson-jacklin8401]

Really good thank you! Pronunciation of local place names did make me laugh (as with getting the full name of the M&GN mixed up at the beginning of the vid). These are something to check and correct for next time. Fakenham is pronounced ‘fake-en-ham’ and Costessey is pronounced ‘Cossey’ with a soft/long s.

[@stephenpearson-jacklin8401]

I meant to say I really liked the explanations and the cinematography too. Also, ‘ellesdon station (which also made me laugh) is on Marl Pit road I believe.

[@PiousMoltar]

Indeed. And Norwich is pronounced "Naaaarich" :P

[@PiousMoltar]

Surprised me to hear someone pronounce Fakenham wrong, but with Costessey I'm not shocked, I used to struggle with that one myself!

[@ccjelley2390]

@@PiousMoltar Ant's never watched National Hunt racing on TV I guess or listened to the results and SP.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

GREAT TO BE WITH YOU

[@pebz5139]

Would love to see another video where you carry on through Taverham, Attlebridge, Lenwade and Reepham!

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's definitely going to be continued. Planned for August. Thank you for watching 😀

[@richardperry5538]

Glad I still haven't watched all your old videos, such a shame you're having a break from doing them, hopefully you'll be back soon.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hi Richard, work is occasionally in progress behind the scenes.... 😃😉

[@jonathanrogers7278]

nice video ant

[@a11csc]

superb ant

[@Jimyjames73]

I wonder what would happen if you were able to go back in time & show the folk how their railway turned out - I wonder what they would say & react???

[@Jimyjames73]

All that for nothing 🤔🙁🚂🚂🚂

[@paulhunt3238]

As kids we used to walk the track for miles and the iron track was there for years.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'm looking forward to returning to this and continuing the walk. Thank you for watching 😊

[@2H80vids]

Nice to see many of the bridges still in-situ. At least the conversion into a cycle-path will safeguard the route (ish). Too bad if you wanted a tin of carrots though.😒 A lot of planning must have gone into 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 scheme - a whole week !! 😁 Cheers for now, Dougie.

[@janepatricia8779]

Another brilliant video,Ant, and not to worry about pronouncing places wrong,I've lived in Norfolk nearly 20 years and still doing it,😃 x

[@jetsons101]

A great watch and you had a great walk. Wish I was there also but I had to settled for following your trek on google earth birds-eye and street views. Thanks for your time and work.... mike "USA"

[@jamesgilbart148]

Interesting exploration! Yes, the track bed is less well made up the further you go on Marriotts Way. Near and around the Themelthorpe Curve it is only a narrow footpath that is not great for cycling and further on, someone has surfaced it with a kind of ballast which is even worse. It improves again as you get nearer Aylsham and the end of the route.

[@dianethompson115]

Thorpe mariot to Whitwell

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'm hoping to get back soon. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@jontaylor1652]

Brilliant stuff again, I love your videos, thanks.

[@davidkitchen7941]

Thanks for this video. I live in Norwich but I have never walked this route.

[@yorkie2789]

Fantastic stuff, enjoyed coming along for the ride.

[@philliphammond399]

Hi Ant, thanks for another informative video, shame about the lack of drone footage but we to abide by the law. Thanks again.

[@exileinderby51]

Another great explore, I particularly like the steel sculptures along the way. It takes some skill to twist RSJ's like that.

[@chrisbayly5457]

excellent walk....

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Chris 😄

[@christinegibbins6105]

Enjoyed the walk, thank you very much.

[@shavedphil]

Excellent walk. Great to have joined you. 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks so much Phil 😊

[@chrisread2265]

hi love your railway walks done in norwich please do more love the old railways thanks

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hi Chris i am planning to return to continue this in the Summer :)

[@norfolksdisusedrailways4353]

Brilliant work once a again put a link on my twitter feed for you

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks pal. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm hoping to get back in May.

[@norfolksdisusedrailways4353]

@@TrekkingExploration brilliant looking forward to it.the Marriott walk is also one I need to get ticked off My ever growing list

[@norfolksdisusedrailways4353]

Sent you a coffee this and the Cromer tunnel videos will be a huge help for me to find both these places

[@TrekkingExploration]

Aww that's kind. You're a star. Thank you 😀

[@jarmoFI]

Thanks again for sharing

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks so much 😃