Access to the structure is difficult. The land to the west of the railway is privately owned and the permission of the landowner or tenant is required before entering the land. One must then cross the railway by one of the few over bridges. On the eastern side the land is open access which is difficult to walk through, there being no gates or gaps in walls to help make progress easy. The ground is very wet for most of the year.
The former tank house for the water troughs ( /location-summaries/structure-255900 ) was located on the land to the east of the line opposite the platelayers hut. The water troughs ( /location-summaries/structure-255910 ) started stopped at the spot at the bottom of the image and were between the lines north of this point.