Article from Nottinghamshire.gov.uk website - A station master who devoted 62 years of his life to Teversal Manor Station, near Sutton in Ashfield, had a memorial bench dedicated to him on the station platform by friends and family on Tuesday 28 July 2009. The unveiling of the bench took place at Teversal Manor Station Hertitage Works (formerly known as Teversal Manor Station), off Carnarvon Street in Teversal. This was during celebrations to mark the completion of improvement works to develop the Ashfield to Bolsover Trails which surround the former station. Station Master Louis Zelickman died last year aged 86. He worked at Teversal Manor Station in Sutton in Ashfield for 17 years, from 1946 to 1963 – the year it closed – and continued to live in the station master’s old station house, located nearby. After his job as station master, he continued to take a keen interest in the development of the Ashfield to Bolsover trails and development of the old station site. Attending the ceremony was his sister Olga Knight and her son Paul Knight, who both unveiled a memorial bench on a section of platform which has been recently recreated. The bench bears the inscription “In memory of Louis Zelickman – Station Master from 1946 to 1963”.
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Silverhill Trail, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border
Left to
right, Left - Trail Map.
middle - late August 2008 at
Five pits junction,
right July 2009
Blackwell/Westhouses
Start of trail. click on
images for larger view
This is
my local trail, and has
to be one of my
favourites,. a short 3.7
mile trail but is the
gateway link to other
trails and footpaths
best of all is just a 3
mile ride from my house. According to
Sustrans, part of the
Silverhill Trail (Gloves
Lane, Blackwell up
to the junction of the Five Pits
trail
and including the Five
pits trail) is part of
the National Cycle
Network Route 67,
although no NCN route
numbers along the
Silverhill trail or Five
Pits trail which is
rather strange. I have
used the Silverhill trail on
many occasions
throughout the summer
and winter, as part of my usual
circuit, and also as
usual I do it the hard
way around, starting
from Gloves Lane
Blackwell end as it is
only 3 miles from my
house, The "All Weather"
trail is very good, and
very wide, best of all
links with quite a few
other trails as stated
earlier. have been using
the trail over the
winter period (Dec 2008
- March 2009) and is
very easy riding on the
surface and quite firm,
a few soft patches but
nothing to worry about.
Left to
right (August 2008)
Start/End of trail at
Blackwell, Just a few
of the bridges along the
way, Teversal and
Brierley park branch
link, one of the few
corners in the whole
trail nr. teversal
Silverhill Trail and
access points
I will list the main
access points that I can
remember, The Silverhill
Trail stretches 3.7
miles from an old level
crossing in on a
recently dismantled
railway and my start
point runs East to West
From Derbyshire to
Nottinghamshire.
Blackwell
near Alfreton,
Derbyshire (No car
parks) is my access
point for the start of
the trail on Gloves
lane, Gloves lane used
to be a narrow single
track road for traffic,
and was shut off to
traffic in the late
1990's just past the
houses in Blackwell, and
the closed part of the
road converted to a
public footpath, Gloves
lane footpath is the
direct access to the
Silverhill trail and
where they meet is on
the old level crossing,
the railway tracks still
exist on the actual
level crossing, this is
the start/end point of
the trail. The
Silverhill trail from
this point is one long
but very slight uphill
climb until the signals
at Woodend, although the
Silverhill trail looks
flat the difference in
altitude is approx
230ft, Gloves lane being
the lowest point and the
signals at Woodend being
the highest point.
Newton & Tibshelf.
Tibshelf & Newton access
meet up at the
Silverhill trail at the
same point. Newton has 2
minor trail access
points (No Car parks)
via foot paths, the
newest one is opposite
Smith's Scrap yard
(incidentally smithy's
Scrap yard is the former
railway station on
Newton Rd, the station
building's future is
uncertain as the site is
currently up for sale
for redevelopment)
although is a very steep
climb up the railway
embankment, the bridge
over the Newton road is
the Silverhill trail.
The other footpath
entrance is between
26-32 Main st. Newton
and is sign posted, this
footpath joins the
Silverhill trail
directly opposite the
main five pits trail
entrance
Tibshelf has 2 major
access points via
Tibshelf Ponds and the
Five Pits Trail the most
used point being Five
pits trail, Tibshelf has
a car park off Sunny
bank at Tibshelf
ponds/Five pits trail.
Tibshelf & Newton
access' meet up at the
Silverhill trail at the
same point, Tibshelf
being north side of the
Silverhill trail (on
your left if coming from
Blackwell on the
Silverhill trail) and
Newton on the south side
of the Silverhill trail.
Continuing on along the
Silverhill trail you
will soon come to and
pass under a very tall
bridge almost like a
viaduct running over the
top of the trail in
which Newton wood lane
runs over it. Very
shortly after you will
also pass under the M1
motorway.
Woodend inn, nr
Huthwaite A few
minutes after passing
under the M1 you will
come to a railway
signals just before a
bridge running over the
trail, the bridge is
Chesterfield road nr
Huthwaite and the
Woodend inn next to this
bridge, although the inn
is not visible from the
trail the minor access
point is here up the
steep footpath on the
embankment to
Chesterfield road. The
Railway signals are
significant to the fact
that they mark the
border between
Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire, and I
seem to recall it being
the halfway mark of the
trail, and is the
highest point of the
trail, generally from
this point it is more or
less down hill to
Teversal.
Brierley Forest Link
This is also one of the
major access points of
the trail, entering
Nottinghamshire on the
trail you will soon come
to a big fork in the
trail, the left fork
carries on along the
Silverhill trail and the
right fork is the
Brierley Forest link
trail taking you to
Stanton hill and backend
of the Brierley Forest
park at Huthwaite.
Tibshelf Wharf, (nr
Teversal) Shortly
after the Brierley link
fork is a track leading
off to your left to a
public bridleway to wild
hill at Tibshelf Wharf
nr Teversal.
Teversal Manor. As you approach Teversal you will ride on a bridge
taking you over the top
of Fackley Rd in
Teversal, Fackley Rd has
a major access point
onto the Silverhill
trail at the point know
as Teversal Manor on the
trail.
Teversal Visitors
Centre As the
Silverhill trail comes
to an end at Teversal it
goes off in a number of
directions at a
staggered crossroads
part of the trail... you
can either......
Turn left takes you onto
a short steep footpath
to Pleasley Rd Teversal,
or, turn right and
immediately turn left
(in effect straight on)
takes you to the last
remaining 100 yards of
the Silverhill trail
where it then forks off.
left fork onto the
Silverhill woods on the
site of the Silverhill
Pit, right fork Teversal
tracks to Pleasley.
or, Turn right then go
through the gate in
front of you, this is
the Skegby link trail
and immediately to your
right down a short path
to the Teversal Visitor
Centre at Carnarvon St
Teversal (off Fackley
Rd)
General Trail
information
The Silverhill Trail is
a cross-county "multi
user" trail tracing a
former railway line that
was built and opened in
May 2007. Walkers,
joggers, cyclists and
horse-riders can all use
the route which also has
disabled access. with
£32,000 funding from
Derbyshire County
Council. The trail
originally cost £637,000
to build (and now the
total cost has since
escalated with
improvements/essential
repairs since opening)
and reclaimed two
hectares of derelict
land – roughly the same
size as three football
pitches. It
provides a missing link
between existing trails
in Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire creating
around 22 miles of
trails with links to
Five Pits Trail in
Derbyshire,
Teversal & Skegby Tracks in
Nottinghamshire
and the also branches
off for the
Brierley
forest park in Huthwaite.
, centre left -
Five pits Junction December 2008, right 2- snow trail February 2009,
Changes
to the Silverhill Trail.
New "Teversal Manor" Railway Platform Memorial August 2009 (Teversal.)
Having been a while
since I last rode up to Teversal on
the Silverhill Trail I was surprised
to see a brand new addition along the
route, A new (scaled down) railway
platform with an old fashioned style
street lamp and a wooden bench in
memory of Louis Zelickman who was
the station master from 1946 to
1963, I presume it is on the site of
an old station platform as some of
the old brickwork foundations still
exist.
Left to right, Teversal Manor railway Platform memorial taken
August 2009
Demolition of Bridge, Winter 2008/9 (Westhouses to Five pits junction Section.)
Late 2008 saw the
demolition of a small bridge between
Westhouses and Tibshelf, the bridge
went under the trail, and was just a
passage for a farmer between 2
fields either side of the trail, the
trail now dips down now the bridge
has gone (Pic lower Left). I. July 2009 saw top
soiling of the sides of the trail
where the old bridge had been
demolished, also a 2008 year date
stamped lump of rock has been put at
the side of the trail where the
bridge has been demolished. July
2010 and the verges have fully grown
back
left pic- bridge
recently demolished pic taken December
2008. middle pic same spot of
demolished bridge pic taken July 2010
Silverhill Woods
Silverhill woods, Directly off the Silverhill Trail
Silverhill woods is a circular trail route around the site of the old Teversal & Silverhill Pits with direct access off the Silverhill trail at Teversal, Silverhill woods was formally known as part of the Teversal trails network, and appears to be have been renamed at some point. Silverhill woods has a bronze statue of a miner on top of a rather steep hill which boasts to be the highest point in Nottinghamshire believed to be 636ft above sea level. The elevation of the climb from the base of the hill up to the statue is 200ft, over a distance of approx 0.3 mile (0.5km)
Pics Bronze
Miner Statue - Silverhill Woods,
Highest point in Notts. Pics taken
August 2009
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