The disused Wealden Line from Culver Junction to Isfield Station (Lavender Line)
Separate collections cover (a) the former line from Culver Junction to Isfield Station including the former Barcombe Mills Station; (b) the Lavender Line at Isfield Station; (c) the Lavender Line from Isfield Station to Little Horsted; and (d) the disused section of the Wealden Line between Little Horsted and Uckfield (Old Station).
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Passing through the bridge and looking back south west the site of the old Culver Junction signal box is on the left adjacent to the bridge. The remains of a signal box outbuilding can just be seen, covered in weeds, in front of the bridge. This whole area is private property (photographed with permission). 02.06.2007
Standing at ground level at Culver Junction, the line to Sheffield Park curves away north west, following the curved line of trees in the distance. A separate collection follows the line to Sheffield Park. This is private land and a large bull is sometimes loose in the area. Please do not visit unannounced and without permission. 02.06.2007
An earlier image of Barcombe Mills taken on 02.06.2007. The building is called The Ticket Office. I am informed that it is the original station building, although since closure an extension has been added under the canopy onto the platform area. The post and fence on the left mark the position of the old level crossing.
This is the site of Barcombe Mills goods yard. The unusual curved shape results from a goods line which entered the yard from behind the parked car and curved out of the picture in the left foreground, following the line of the hedge. This line was en route to Barcombe Corn Mills, from which the station gets it's name. The line appears on the 1899 and 1910 maps. 02.06.2007
As the track draws close to the River Ouse the wide bridleway turns north west and the route of the railway heads east into a narrow tunnel of undergrowth. The 1899 map shows a siding sweeping off to the right at this point, serving Barcombe Flour Mill. There is nothing to be seen at ground level, but the route of the siding track bed can still just be made out on Google Earth. The former mill building survives, but cannot be seen from the bridleway. 27.07.2008