Stonea is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire, England, south east of March and part of the parish of Wimblington.[1] Stonea today consists of a scattered collection of farmsteads and houses, the majority sited along Sixteen Foot Bank, a man-made river which forms part of the Middle Level Navigations. The largest settlement is on the bank near the Golden Lion pub.[2] A former Primitive Methodist chapel is now a private residence.[1]
This part of Stonea is dissected by a staffed railway crossing on the Ely to Peterborough Line; Stonea railway station closed in 1966. The underpass neighbouring the bridge (which provides a diversion avoiding the level crossing) is said to be the "most bashed rail bridge in Britain", with 33 truck and van strikes in one 12 month period.[3][4]
- ^ a b Wimblington at Genuki.org.uk, accessed 20 September 2013
- ^ Golden Lion pub, accessed 20 September 2013
- ^ Castle, Stephen (25 December 2022). "Another Day, Another Crash: Life by Britain's Most Bashed Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Stonea Road bridge in Cambridgeshire named most-bashed in Britain". BBC News. 16 November 2022.