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An easy access ramp (known as a Harrington Hump from the location where it was first installed) has been fitted at Llangynllo to help passengers when joining or leaving trains. The second Hump was installed at St Albans Abbey station.

The River Corve (sometimes, archaically, spelled "Corf", which is its pronunciation) is a tributary of the River Teme which it joins in the town of Ludlow, and which in turn joins the River Severn at Powick near Worcester.

Bucknell station is a request stop for trains running from Shrewsbury to Swansea. However, passenger trains running from Swansea to Shrewsbury stop here mandatorily, as the train has to stop before the level crossing. Knucklas station is, however, a request stop in both directions.

Prior to this, Hopton Cangeford, (also, it seems, referred to as Hopton-in-the-Hole) was historically an outlying part of Stanton Lacy parish.

Bekesbourne is also on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line.

Falmer is on the East Coastway Line, and has step-free access; Berwick (Sussex) is on the same line, and also has step-free access.

An unclassified road called Stoke Bank runs through the village of Stoke St. Milborough. The road continues in a generally northern direction and passes through the adjoining village of Clee St Margaret.

Both Amberley and Martin Mill stations hosted a Southern Railway camping coach in 1938 and 1939.

The Church of the Ascension, Whixley dates back to at least the 12th and 14th centuries. It was closed for 16 months between 1861 and July 1862 for renovations carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811 – 1878), which cost £2,949 (equivalent to £310,000 in 2025). A later renovation by Scott...

Holy Trinity Church, Throcking is the smallest of the five parishes that form the United Benefice of Ardeley, Benington, Cottered, Throcking and Walkern.

The junction for the line to North Berwick leaves the East Coast Main Line just past Drem.

The service at Clifton is very limited, with just one train calling in each direction between Stalybridge and Southport per day (but not on Sundays). Another example of a Parliamentary service is between Cardiff Central and Milford Haven, although in this case, it's a Sundays only service.

The village and civil parish of Much Hadham (historically also known as Great Hadham) includes the hamlet of Perry Green. The sculptor Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (1898 – 1986) settled there in 1941; his house ("Hoglands") now forms part of a sculpture garden featuring his work; it is run by...

Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton, was built in 1886 to the designs of W Basset-Smith. It has some furniture and woodwork by Robert "Mouseman" Thompson, also known as "Mousey" Thompson (1876 – 1955), who was a British furniture maker notable for the mice carved on them. Other examples of his work...

Foxfield is also a railway station on the Northern Trains Route 6.

Kings Langley is served by services between London Euston and Milton Keynes Central; these trains also stop at Apsley.

The secondary school for the Wormit catchment area is Madras College, St Andrews.

The senior rugby team, Dunfirmline RFC, play their games at McKane Park, Dunfirmline in the SRU National League Division 4. Another of the teams in that division are Stewartry RFC, who in play their home games at Greenlaw, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway.

Anerley is also a London Fare Zone 4 station.