2011-05-10 51 -0

Tue 10 May 2011 in 51,-0: 51.4957903, -0.3347794 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In the exact middle of an M4 motorway bridge, in the exact middle of a freight-only railway, near Brentford/Hanwell.

Participants

MattLondon went -- as close as was legal.

Plans

Cycle along the Grand Union Canal (Brentford Branch), walk over the lock to "Osterly Lock" (according to the OS map).

I don't drive, so I can't use the M4; the railway has no passenger trains.

Expedition

Osterley Lock looked overgrown, and there was nowhere to leave my bike. I continued along the canal to Trumpers Way, locked my bike to a fence and crossed the railway via the footpath. It was easy to follow the little-used path near the edge of the railway towards the motorway.

Photos

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  Standing against the railway fence. The point is under the bridge. @51.4961,-.3353

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  I think the point is in the middle, a few metres in front of where the blue sign is.

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  Trespassing on the seemingly little-used railway could have been fatal (the tiny red and white sign means "No clearance") @51.496155,-.3352861