Wootton Rivers Halt railway station is a former

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Wootton Rivers Wootton Rivers is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. The village lies about northeast of Pewsey and south of Marlborough. During the 20th century its population halved and most of its facilities close ...

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, England, on the

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. The station opened in 1928 at the south end of the village, near the south bank of the

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, and closed in 1966.

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Disused railway stations in Wiltshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1928 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 Beeching closures in England {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub