Projects on the Railway Path

Provisional12th June 2012

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

SU 204739 You join the Corinium (Cirencester) to Venta Belgarum (Winchester) Roman road which, if you were to follow it, takes you first to Cunetio (Mildenhall) and then to Leucomagus (Andover).

Picnic table

Horse box parking

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Ogbourne St George Station restoration project•Put up a station sign•Interpretation board•Highlight the steps to the foot crossing of the line

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

SU 199 755. Interpretation board•Bronze Age(?) earthworks on Whitefield Hill•View of Ogbourne St George still similar to Enclosure map of 1792 •Ogbourne Camp site visible on slope up to Smeathe’s Ridge

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

Project 4: Grassland north of Whitefield Farm

Dead Hedge

Scrub removal

• Remove encroaching scrub from the cutting sides and trim back scrub on embankment top

• Remove the leavings / prunings and use them to form a dead hedge

• Plant up any remaining gaps in the defunct hedgerow with mixed whips, for future laying.

• Remove larger scrub roots with stump grinder• Repair or replace defunct bench on site.• Install interpretation board outlining ecological

value of the locality• Re-instate path surface

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

Project 4: Grassland north of Whitefield Farm

Project 5: Grassland north of Gipsy Lane

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

Project 4: Grassland north of Whitefield Farm

Project 5: Grassland north of Gipsy Lane

Project 6: Chiseldon Camp

Chiseldon Camp

SU 194 782 • View of site of Chiseldon Camp platform to SW, surrounded by trees

• Chiseldon Camp Halt on E side of path

• To W, Lower Upham and Whitefield Hill: enclosure-era appearance

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

Project 4: Grassland north of Whitefield Farm

Project 5: Grassland north of Gipsy Lane

Project 6: Chiseldon Camp

Project 7: Ridgeway Crossing

Interpretation board: Ridgeway Crossing: Transport themeRidgeway (and Liddington Castle)Roman Road Turnpike and modern roadSaxon herepath on top of scarp to EDrovers tracks Cross Bush – drover’s innRailwayCycle Path

Agriculture: Good view of chalk fields

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

Project 4: Grassland north of Whitefield Farm

Project 5: Grassland north of Gipsy Lane

Project 6: Chiseldon Camp

Project 7: Ridgeway Crossing

Project 8: Hodson Valley

Embankment across Hodson ValleyNear SU 184 803Classic scarp face periglacial geomorphology

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

Project 4: Grassland north of Whitefield Farm

Project 5: Grassland north of Gipsy Lane

Project 6: Chiseldon Camp

Project 7: Ridgeway Crossing

Project 8: Hodson Valley

Project 9: Curly wurly bridge

Interpretation board:•Geology , near boundary between Jurassic and Cretaceous (good views of chalk downs)•Meet railway route•Agricultural landscape

Project 1: south of Ogbourne St George

Project 2: Ogbourne St George station

Project 3: north of Ogbourne St George

Project 4: Grassland north of Whitefield Farm

Project 5: Grassland north of Gipsy Lane

Project 6: Chiseldon Camp

Project 7: Ridgeway Crossing

Project 8: Hodson Valley

Project 9: Curly wurly bridge

Project 10: Marlborough

Marlborough:•Sign(s) to Path from centre of town•Leaflet(s) showing routes accessible from town:

• Marlborough Og Maizy Rockley• Marlborough Stitchcombe loop• Marlborough-Chiseldon-

Hackpen• Chiseldon-Barbury-

Marlborough

Project 12: Signing improvements•Through Chiseldon•Access points (exc. Marlborough)

Project 11: Leaflets and maps•Landscape and geology•History•Circular routes including the Path

Project 14: Family Trail•Quiz / things to see, drawn from projects above

Project 13: Boxes•Bug boxes•Bird boxes•Bat boxes•Selected points from Marlborough to motorway

“Unlocated” projects