Larpool Viaduct
Larpool Viaduct, also known as the Esk Valley Viaduct, is a 13-arch brick viaduct built to carry the Scarborough & Whitby Railway over the River Esk, North Yorkshire, England.Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: railway viaduct in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Esk Valley Viaduct,”, “Larpool Viaduct, Whitby”, “River Esk Railway Viaduct”, and “River Esk Railway Viaduct, Whitby”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruswarp railway station and Whitby Abbey.
Ruswarp railway station
Railway station
Photo: Svitapeneela, Public domain.
Ruswarp is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 1 mile 30 chains south-west of Whitby, serves the village of Ruswarp in North Yorkshire, England. Ruswarp railway station is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Larpool Viaduct.
Whitby Abbey
Historic site
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. Whitby Abbey is situated 1 mile northeast of Larpool Viaduct.
Whitby railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitby is a railway station serving the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. It is the southern terminus of the Esk Valley Line from Middlesbrough. Whitby railway station is situated 3,700 feet north of Larpool Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruswarp and Ewe Cote.
Ruswarp
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruswarp is a village in the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England. It is around 1.8 miles from Whitby, at the junction of the B1410 and B1416 roads, on the River Esk and the Esk Valley Line, with trains stopping at Ruswarp railway station.
Ewe Cote
Locality
Ewe Cote is a small hamlet on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, set in the northern edge of the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England.
Stainsacre
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainsacre is a village in the civil parish of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, in the English county of North Yorkshire and situated on the edge of the North York Moors National Park.
Larpool Viaduct
- Categories: deck arch bridge, railway viaduct, and transportation
- Location: Whitby, Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.47437° or 54° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.61857° or 0° 37′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6XF9FJ+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1108969275OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q6489772
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In Other Languages
“Larpool Viaduct” goes by many names.
- “Esk Valley Viaduct,”
- “Larpool Viaduct”
- “Larpool Viaduct, Whitby”
- “River Esk Railway Viaduct”
- “River Esk Railway Viaduct, Whitby”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whitehall Woods and Glen Esk.
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