Holborn Spinney

Polish 0-8-0T tank locomotive TKp-5485 has just brought a train into Wansford Station from Peterborough on the NVR's Polish Day. All trains were run with Polish locomotives and continental carriages, whilst the station buffet served Polish delicacies for customers to try. The locomotive is one of many hundred that were built for use in Polish industry, this one being built in 1958.

Listed Grade II, circa 1912 Link. On the Nene Valley Railway line.

Listed Grade II viaduct "Circa 1845, possibly altered or partly rebuilt c.1912, restored 1977." Link. Carrying the Nene Valley Railway across the navigable Nene. Viewed from a small picnic area on the south-west bank.

Near the sewage works at Wansford.

The area seen here lies between the main course of the River Nene (left) and the Nassington Backchannel (just beyond the trees on the right). It is at this point the footpath passes briefly through Cambridgeshire (previously Huntingdonshire) before returning to Northants at Yarwell Lock.

The backchannel leaves the Nene at a weir to the east of Nassington and rejoins it near Yarwell Lock.

The River Nene (left) bends east here to flow through the lock. The watercourse on the right is a backchannel that rejoins the Nene south of Wansford.

Although there was a mill before that date, the building seen here is stated to date from 1839.

The site is situated on land adjacent to the Yarwell Mill Stream to the west of the course of the River Nene.

"Helga", a Swedish-built Y7 diesel railcar (no. 1212), was built in 1958. It was one of 122 such railcars manufactured for Swedish state railway Statens Järnvägar (SJ) between 1957 and 1960. It was transferred to the United Kingdom and has been preserved by the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) since 1984. Wansford station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the NVR in June 1977. The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others. Sources: Link Link Link Link

"Helga", a Swedish-built Y7 diesel railcar (no. 1212), was built in 1958. It was one of 122 such railcars manufactured for Swedish state railway Statens Järnvägar (SJ) between 1957 and 1960. It was transferred to the United Kingdom and has been preserved by the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) since 1984. Wansford station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the NVR in June 1977. The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others. Sources: Link Link Link Link

Wansford station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) in June 1977. The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others. Sources: Link Link

Wansford station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) in June 1977. The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others. Sources: Link Link

The new station building at Wansford was opened by the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) in 1995 and serves as its headquarters. The original station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the NVR in June 1977. The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others. Sources: Link Link Link

Wansford station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) in June 1977. The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others. Sources: Link Link

The ex-British Railways Bulleid Battle of Britain 4-6-2 Light Pacific class locomotive no. 34081 - "92 Squadron" - is seen at Wansford station on the Nene Valley Railway (NVR). It was built at BR's Brighton works and entered mainline service in September 1948. No. 34081 was withdrawn from mainline operation by BR in August 1964 and was later sold for scrap. It was acquired by its current owner, the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society (BBLS), in 1973. The locomotive was transferred to the NVR for restoration in December 1976, with the work being completed in 1998. After operating on a number of heritage railways, no. 34081 commenced an overhaul at the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) in 2008 and re-entered service on the NVR in February 2017. Wansford station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the NVR in June 1977. The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others. Sources: Link Link Link

This row of cottages on the Old Great North Road in Stibbington was originally built to accommodate staff from the adjacent Wansford railway station. The station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) in June 1977. Link