Welcome to the Rudloe and environs website.

Here you will find news, articles and photos of an area that straddles the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in north-west Wiltshire.

Contributions in the form of articles or photos are welcome. Even those with completely contrary views to mine!

Thanks to the website builder 1&1 and Rob Brown for the original idea.

Rudloescene now, in January 2014, has a sister, academic rather than anarchic, website about Box history here: http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/

It contains thoroughly professional, well-researched articles about Box and its people.

Contact rudloescene through the 'Contact' page.

26th May 2022 sees Thompson B1 no. 61306 heading a Shoeburyness - Bath excursion between Middlehill Tunnel and the A4 road bridge close to the Northey Arms.

And later... Stanier Coronation Pacific no. 6233 (or 46233 as I remember it in the 60s) Duchess of Sutherland drifts through the site of Box Station. This is an engine movement from Southall to St Phillips Marsh (Bristol) depot.

And later still... the return leg of the Shoeburyness - Bath excursion approaches the A4 road bridge by the Northey Arms