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Stainswick lane is accessed from the B4000 between Shrivenham and Lambourne and can be accessed from the north through the village of Shrivenham, from the other end of Stainswick Lane, but this is used by Network Rail.

Plenty of parking space, at the end of the lane where the crossing gates used to be! Quite popular with lunchtime train-watchers but generally quite.

There is an hourly bus service between Swindon and Oxford that calls at Shrivenham High Street and the bridge is about a miles walk.

There are shops etc, in the nearby village of Shrivenham.

Wiltshire and Avon Gen

The best light is from mid-morning to mid-afternoon and may be possible for traffic from the Didcot direction on summer evenings. The wooded area to the south-west puts a shadow across the lines in the winter months affecting the shot of the up trains. Photographs can be taken from road level at the end of the lane or off the bridge itself. But be warned the sides of the bridge are nearly 6 feet high so if you are shorter than this a height enhancing device such as a small step-ladder, stool or even milk crate is required. The footbridge is of the modern ramped variety, so your height enhancing device will be on a slight slope making for interesting balancing acts!
Some aircraft noise from nearby RAF Lyneham and light aircraft but the down shot in particular, around reverse curves, would make an excellent video.

Bourton