Catesby Viaduct

Catesby Viaduct
Northamptonshire
Catesby Viaduct
Location
Crossing:	River Leam
Location
Grid reference:	SP52146055
Location:	52°14’26"N, 1°14’16"W
Structure
History
	Built 1898
Information

Catesby Viaduct is a striking railway viaduct, now disused, in the very west of Northamptonshire, which once carried the Great Central Main Line over the young River Leam, on twelve elegant arches. It is about 1,100 yards north of s northern portal of the Catesby Tunnel, to the west of Upper Catesby.

The viaduct was opened in 1898. The line was closed in 1966.

Since closure, the structure of the viaduct, built solidly in brick in the height of Victorian confidnece, has suffered. The eastern side is largely intact, but its western face, beaten by the wind and the roots of trees, is crumbling.

Outside links

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• Catesby Viaduct: Forgotten Relics of an Enterprising Past