Kielder Viaduct

#4444 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Kielder Viaduct consists of seven semi-circular masonry skew arches and was built in 1862 by the North British Railway to carry the Border Counties Line across marshy land, which following flooding to create Kielder Water, became the place where Deadwater Burn joins Bakethin Reservoir. Now closed to rail traffic, the bridge is currently used as a footpath. ()

Length: 392 ftCoordinates: 55°13'28"N, 2°34'47"W

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EnglandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Kielder Observatory, Kielder Forest, Bakethin Reservoir.

1.5 miW
Observatories and planetariums, Museum, Science museum
Kielder Observatory
39 min walk • Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. It is situated high upon Black Fell overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border, and half a mile up a forest track from James Turrell's Kielder Skyspace.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Kielder Forest
96 min walk • Kielder Forest is a large forestry plantation in Northumberland, England, surrounding Kielder village and the Kielder Water reservoir. It is the largest man-made woodland in England with three-quarters of its 250 square miles covered by forest.
0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bakethin Reservoir
15 min walk • Bakethin Reservoir is a reservoir immediately upstream of Kielder Water, in Northumberland, England, close to the border with Scotland. It is fed by the River North Tyne and lies southeast of Kielder village.