Kielder Viaduct
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kielder Observatory and The Kielder Tavern.
Kielder Observatory
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. The site is on Black Fell, overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border. Kielder Observatory is situated 1½ miles west of Kielder Viaduct.
The Kielder Tavern
Pub
Photo: Malcolm Neal, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kielder Tavern is a pub, which is situated 3,400 feet north of Kielder Viaduct.
United Reformed Church
Church
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
United Reformed Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Kielder Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plashetts and Deadwater.
Plashetts
Locality
Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland, in England south east of Kielder, Northumberland. It is about 22 miles north west of Hexham. Part of the settlement is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water. Plashetts is situated 2 miles east of Kielder Viaduct.
Deadwater
Locality
Photo: The Boy that time forgot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deadwater is a small settlement in Northumberland, England, about 3 miles north west of Kielder, Northumberland, on the English side of the border between Scotland and England. Deadwater is situated 3 miles northwest of Kielder Viaduct.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 5 miles northwest of Kielder Viaduct.
Kielder Viaduct
- Type: Bridge
- Description: disused railway viaduct
- Categories: railway viaduct, arch bridge, and transportation
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.22464° or 55° 13′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.57977° or 2° 34′ 47″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Open location code
9C7V6CFC+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1113386790OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
“Kielder Viaduct” goes by many names.
- German: “Kielder Viaduct”
- German: “Kielder Viadukt”
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