A spiral is a technique employed by railways to ascend steep hills.
The Malton and Driffield Junction Railway, later known as the Malton and Driffield branch was a railway line in Yorkshire that ran between the towns of Malton, North Yorkshire and Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Roydon is a small village, civil parish and electoral ward east of King's Lynn in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) and had a population of 368 in 144 households at the 2001 census, the population of the village and ward being shown as 2,450 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Thursford railway station was a station in Norfolk, England on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Melton Constable and South Lynn. It was closed in 1959 along with the rest of the line. It served the settlement of Thursford, where Station Road remains as a reminder.
Raynham Park railway station was a station in Norfolk, England. It was opened in the 19th century as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line from the Midlands to Great Yarmouth. It closed in 1959 along with the rest of the line.
Terrington railway station is a former station in Terrington St Clement, Norfolk. It opened in 1866 and was closed in 1959. It was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between the Midlands and Melton Constable.
Grimston was a railway station serving Saxelbye village in the English county of Leicestershire. It was opened on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway between London and Nottingham via Corby.The station was formerly named Saxelbye, the name was changed after only 3 months to avoid confusion with Saxby, a few miles east of Melton Mowbray, on the Midland's other line between Leicester and Peterborough. The village of Grimston lies about one mile to the north west of the former Grimston station. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track.
Gayton Road railway station was a station in Norfolk, located close to King's Lynn on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.
Denver railway station was a station in Denver, Norfolk on the Great Eastern Railway route between King's Lynn and Cambridge, commonly known as the Fen Line. It was also the beginning of a small branch to Stoke Ferry.
Donington Road railway station was a station in Lincolnshire on the line between Spalding and Sleaford.
Mickleover railway station is a disused railway station which served the village of Mickleover, Derbyshire, England. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1878.
Etwall railway station is a disused railway station in Etwall, Derbyshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1878.
Egginton railway station is a former railway station in Egginton, Derbyshire.
Stokowo-Szerszenie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czyżew-Osada, within Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
Melton Mowbray North railway station was a railway station in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway.
Baczki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łochów, within Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
Bramford railway station refers to the two stations located in Bramford, Suffolk.
Spratton railway station is a former railway station which served the village of Spratton in Northamptonshire, England.
Malvern Hanley Road railway station was a Midland Railway (MR) station on the Malvern, Tewkesbury and Ashchurch line.
Grimston Warren Pit is a 6.6-hectare (16-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of King's Lynn in Norfolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
