Nidd Viaduct

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Nidd Viaduct
Yorkshire

The Nidd Viaduct
Location
Type: Railway viaduct
Carrying: Footpath
Crossing: Nidd Gorge
Location
Grid reference: SE30715835
Location: 54°1’13"N, 1°31’58"W
Structure
No. of spans: 7
Type: Railway viaduct
History
Built 1849
Architect: Thomas Grainger
Information

The Nidd Viaduct, otherwise known as the Bilton Viaduct spans the Nidd Gorge outside Bilton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was built in 1849 to carry the Leeds & Thirsk Railway across the gorge, a severe slice through the landscape between Knaresborough and Harrogate through which the River Nidd flows at the foot of Nidderdale.

The line was closed in 1969. It now carries a Sustrans cycle path.

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