Bennerley Viaduct, Erewash

Name: Bennerley Viaduct
Address: Erewash, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Erewash

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Facts and practical information

The Bennerley Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct spanning the Erewash Valley between Awsworth and Ilkeston in central England. It was built in 1877 but closed to rail traffic in 1968, as part of the Beeching cuts. It was sold to conservation group Railway Paths Ltd in 2001. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1878 (146 years ago)Length: 1452 ftHeight: 61 ftCoordinates: 52°59'23"N, 1°17'51"W

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Erewash United Kingdom

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Day trips

Bennerley Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rutland Recreation Ground, Town Hall, D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Shipley Hall.

1.6 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Outdoor activities
Rutland Recreation Ground
41 min walk • Rutland Recreation Ground, nestled in the heart of the smallest county in the United Kingdom, is a quintessential sports venue that serves as a hub for community activity and sporting events. This open space provides a variety of facilities that cater to a wide range...
2.9 miNW
City hall
Town Hall, Heanor
74 min walk • Heanor Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Street, Heanor, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Heanor and Loscoe Town Council, is a grade II listed building.
2 miN
Museum, History museum
D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum
52 min walk • The D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum is a writer's home museum dedicated to the writer D. H. Lawrence situated in Eastwood, near Nottingham. It is the house in which he was born in 1885, and one of the four houses the family occupied in Eastwood. Now a museum, visitors can visit the building via guided or self-guided tour.
2.2 miW
Park
Shipley Hall
56 min walk • Shipley Hall was a country estate in Shipley, Derbyshire near Heanor and Ilkeston which now forms a Country Park.
2.4 miSE
Church
All Saints' Church, Nottingham
61 min walk • All Saints' Church, Strelley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Strelley, Nottinghamshire.
2.3 miNE
Church
St Mary's Church
60 min walk • St Mary's Church, Greasley is a parish church in the Church of England in Greasley, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.
1.3 miS
Museum
Erewash Museum
34 min walk • The Erewash Museum is a museum in the town of Ilkeston, Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. The building that houses the museum is named the Dalby House after one of the families who inhabited it, and has served as a school and a private dwelling.
2.6 miE
Church
St Patrick's Church, Nottingham
68 min walk • St Patrick's Church, Nuthall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Nuthall.
2.5 miS
Canal
Nottingham Canal, Nottingham
65 min walk • The Nottingham Canal is a canal in the English counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. As built, it comprised a 14.7-mile long main line between the River Trent just downstream of Trent Bridge in Nottingham and Langley Mill in Derbyshire.
2.2 miSW
Church
All Saints Church
57 min walk • All Saints’ Church, Kirk Hallam is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire.
2 miSE
Nature, Forest, Natural attraction
Oldmoor Wood, Nottingham
51 min walk • Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, England, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. During early spring, Oldmoor Woods is blanketed in a carpet of English and Spanish bluebells.

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How to get to Bennerley Viaduct by public transport?

The nearest stations to Bennerley Viaduct:

Bus

Cotmanhay Road / Vernon Street • Lines: Bus The Two, Ilkeston Flyer, Two (11 min walk)
Cotmanhay Road / Church Street • Lines: Ilkeston Flyer, Two (11 min walk)

Train

Ilkeston (19 min walk)