GARSIDE'S WHARF, LEIGHTON BUZZARD

15th October 2008

Grovebury sand quarry opened sometime in the 1900s and was equipped with an internal 2 foot gauge railway system worked by diesel locomotives. A branch of the quarrry system crossed the River Ouzel on a sleeper bridge (now removed) to access a small wharf beside the Grand Union Canal where sand was transferred to narrowboats. The quarry system has now entirely disappeared with the exception of the wharf which remains extant, complete with track. OS: SP916236

The wharf looking north towards Leighton Buzzard. 16th April 2004.	The wharf looking south towards London. 28th September 2008.	View along the track from the stops. 28th September 2008.	Detail of the 2 foot gauge track which is set in concrete; this presumably being the reason why the track was not lifted with the rest of the system. 28th September 2008.
At the north end of the wharf the track turns sharply away from the canal. 28th September 2008.	After crossing the towpath the formation disappears completely (note rail, bottom left). 28th September 2008.

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.