1963 View of Loudwater and the railway tunnel, from the golf club

How green was my valley! A 1963 view (from Flackwell Heath Golf Club) of the Loudwater valley and beyond it the Whitehouse (Farm) Tunnel on the main High Wycombe to Marylebone line.

In the foreground is the branch railway line which ran from High Wycombe to Maidenhead until the Beeching cuts, plus a siding running from Loudwater Station which is out of picture on the left hand side.

The meadow shown in the middle of the photo we used to refer to as 'the third meadow' as it was the third in a sequence of meadows separating Loudwater from Wooburn. Today this area is covered by an industrial estate and the M40 flyover.

Two mills are visible in the photo. The one to the left is (I think) Ford's (or Snakely) mill and the one on the right is Hedge Mill.

Also to be seen in the top left of the photo is Loudwater Cemetery, at the top of the hill opposite in Altona Road.

Burleighfield House, then residence of the artist Patrick Reyntiens, is also to be seen amongst the trees on the opposite side of the valley. This is where the stained glass panels for the tower of Liverpool's catholic cathedral were created in the 1960s.

Grid Reference for the point where the photo was taken: [gridreferencefinder.com/?gr=SU9029490133%7CPoint_s_B%7C0&...]

Another good way to reference the location is via this map website [maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=51....]

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Flackwell Heath / Loudwater (show map)

Taken on: July 1, 1963

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Loudwater

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Flackwell Heath Golf Club

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pre-Beeching

snakeley mill

hedge mill

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Sets appears in: • Saunders Photos 1960-1969 • Loudwater, Bucks

Groups appears in: • In and around High Wycombe • Flickr around Loudwater

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