The Mystery of Denbigh Hall Station
The railway crosses the road close to the bottom of a small valley. A stream which ran just this side of the bridge was culverted under the road and the built up land on the far side of the tracks. The nearest part of the stream ran roughly along the line of Melrose Avenue, West Bletchley.
This is Denbigh Hall railway bridge, and for a few months in 1838 the line from London stopped here.
You’ve probably seen articles and videos about this bridge and the temporary station here and wondered where that station stood. I wondered too, because nobody ever gives a location.
I looked at every source I could find, and for a while went on a wild goose chase, finding a low wall said to be the remains of the platform. It wasn’t.
Nobody seemed to know, but I think I’ve found the answer.
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