CADELEIGH

19th August 2007

Cadeleigh (formerly Cadeleigh & Bickleigh) was an indermediate station on the GWR line from Exeter to Tiverton. After closure the site was used as a road maintenance depot by Devon County Council but the platforms and most of the buildings survived. It is now the home of the Devon Railway Centre.

A glimpse of the bridge that carried the line over the River Exe north of the station. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938077	Looking south towards Exeter along the restored platforms. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	The down platform with preserved coaches. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	The former up platform. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076
The station building on the down platform. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	The station building seen from the forecourt side. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	Former ticket window in the station building. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	BR era concrete fence posts by the main building. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076
One of the nameboard posts on the down platform. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	Concrete lamp post on the down platform. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	Looking along the down platform from the southern end. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938075	Former weighbridge building. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076
The former goods shed, now a locomotive shed for the 2 foot gauge line. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938076	Gateway at the station entrance. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938074	Bridge over a tributary of the Exe just south of the station. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938074	Trackbed looking towards Exeter with the A396 road bridge in the background. 3rd August 2007. OS: SS938074

Mapping images used on this site produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.