Apperley Viaducts
The Apperley Viaducts are two adjacent railway viaducts straddling the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. The open viaduct dates back to 1900, carrying the current double track Airedale line railway, whereas the redundant adjacent viaduct dates back to 1867, and was built to replace the original bridge at this point which collapsed in November 1866 due to severe flooding.- Type: Bridge
- Description: railway viaducts in West Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Apperley Viaduct”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Apperley Bridge railway station and Woodhouse Grove Methodist Church And School Chapel.
Apperley Bridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Apperley Bridge station is situated in Bradford on the line between Leeds and Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. It serves the district of Apperley Bridge in the north-east of the city. Apperley Bridge railway station is situated 830 feet east of Apperley Viaducts.
Woodhouse Grove Methodist Church And School Chapel
Church
Woodhouse Grove Methodist Church And School Chapel is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Apperley Viaducts.
Idle Swing Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Idle Swing Bridge is situated 1,600 feet west of Apperley Viaducts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Apperley Bridge and Thackley.
Apperley Bridge
Hamlet
Apperley Bridge is a village in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England in the Idle and Thackley Ward. Apperley Bridge is north-east of Bradford on the boundary with the City of Leeds bounded in the east by Carr Beck and to the south by Greengates.
Thackley
Quarter
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thackley is a small suburb near Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. The village is loosely bordered by the village of Idle to the south, to the west by the West Royd area of Shipley and elsewhere by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Idle
Suburb
Photo: Billcowgill, CC BY 3.0.
Idle is a residential suburban area in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in the north-east of the city. Historically it was a separate village, and before that it was the Manor of Idle.
Apperley Viaducts
- Categories: railway viaduct and transportation
- Location: Bradford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.84258° or 53° 50′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.71082° or 1° 42′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C5WR7VQ+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1106546654OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q125457373
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Notable Places Nearby
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