OS grid reference SJ425175 Post town SHREWSBURY Local time Saturday 5:51 PM | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district SY4 Dialling code 01743 | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 82% Humidity | ||
Broomfields is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is located north of Montford Bridge and near to the hamlets of Forton Heath and Grafton. It is in the parish of Montford.
Map of Broomfields, Shrewsbury, UK
It used to have its own 7 1/4 gauge garden railway at Broomfields Villa called Broomfields Garden Railway (BGR) from the late 1980s until 2008 when the house was sold, a video can be seen here:
Looking from Google Earth the trackbed around the field the track used to be is visible.
The railway was opened to the public a few times to raise money for the air ambulance.
More info about one of the model trains and a photo of it can be found here: GWR 1101 Class
References
Broomfields Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA