Scammonden Bridge

#3677 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Scammonden Bridge, also known as Rainbow Bridge or, locally, Brown Cow Bridge, spans the Deanhead cutting carrying the B6114 Elland to Buckstones road over the M62 motorway in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. The bridge and Scammonden Reservoir to the west are named after Scammonden, the village that was flooded to accommodate the reservoir whose dam carries the motorway. On opening, the bridge was the longest single-span non-suspension bridge in the world and it is the longest concrete arch bridge in the UK. ()

Opened: 10 December 1970 (53 years ago)Length: 656 ftWidth: 24 ftHeight: 120 ftCoordinates: 53°38'52"N, 1°55'52"W

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Scammonden Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rochdale Canal, Booth Wood Reservoir, Wainhouse Tower, Church of St Mary.

4.4 miN
Canal
Rochdale Canal, Halifax
111 min walk • The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale through which it passes. The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width.
1.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Booth Wood Reservoir
34 min walk • Booth Wood Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of the M62 motorway and south of the A672 road near to Rishworth and Ripponden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
4.9 miNE
Tower
Wainhouse Tower, Halifax
125 min walk • Wainhouse Tower is a folly in the parish of King Cross, on the south west side of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, in England.
4.7 miNE
Church
Church of St Mary, Elland
119 min walk • The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Elland, West Yorkshire. The church is a Grade I listed building.
3.8 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stanza Stones Trail, Marsden
99 min walk • The Stanza Stones Trail is a 47-mile walking route from Marsden to Ilkley, along the Pennine watershed in northern England, linking six poems by Simon Armitage which have been carved into stone.
3.1 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Colne Valley Museum, Huddersfield
80 min walk • The Colne Valley Museum is located within the Colne Valley at Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum consists of four converted 19th century weavers' cottages.
4.7 miS
Hill
Standedge, Diggle
121 min walk • Standedge is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England between Marsden, West Yorkshire and Diggle, Greater Manchester. Standedge has been a major moorland crossing point since Roman times and possibly earlier.
4.3 miS
Valley
Wessenden Valley, Marsden
109 min walk • The Wessenden Valley is a moorland valley in the Dark Peak, immediately south of Marsden in West Yorkshire, England. The name Wessenden derives from Old English and means the 'valley with rock suitable for whetstones'.
4.4 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of All Saints, Elland
113 min walk • The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Elland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire. The church is a grade II* listed building.
4.2 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Stephen's Church, Halifax
106 min walk • St Stephen's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Copley, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ryburn Reservoir
51 min walk • Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built in the valley to supply Wakefield with water and was completed in 1933.