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.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Kielder Community First School and The Kielder Tavern.
Kielder Community First School
School
The Kielder Tavern
Pub
United Reformed Church
Church
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. Plashetts is situated 2 miles east of Kielder Viaduct.
Deadwater
Locality
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the… Saughtree is situated 5 miles northwest of Kielder Viaduct.
Kielder Viaduct
- Type: Bridge
- Description: disused railway viaduct
- Categories: railway viaduct, arch bridge, and transport
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.22464° or 55° 13′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.57977° or 2° 34′ 47″ west
Elevation
607 feet (185 metres)
Open location code
9C7V6CFC+V3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
“Kielder Viaduct” goes by many names.
- German: “Kielder Viadukt”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Long Cairn and Castle Hill.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: WWTW and Bakethin Hide.
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