Nuneham Viaduct

Nuneham Viaduct, also known as Nuneham Railway Bridge and the Black Bridge is near the town of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is a two-span, bowstring truss bridge that carries the Didcot to Oxford section of the Cherwell Valley Line across the River Thames between Abingdon Lock and Sandford Lock.

Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in United Kingdom
Also known as: “Black Bridge” and “Nuneham Railway Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lock Wood Island and Culham railway station.

Lock Wood Island

Islet

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Lock Wood Island is an island in the River Thames in England just downstream of Nuneham House on the reach above Abingdon Lock. The island sits on a sharp bend in the river.

Culham railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Culham railway station serves the village of Culham in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot Parkway and Banbury, 56 miles 17 chains from London Paddington. Culham railway station is situated 1 mile south of Nuneham Viaduct.

Radley railway station

Railway station

Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.

Radley railway station serves the villages of Radley and Lower Radley and the town of Abingdon, in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot Parkway and Banbury, 58 miles 35 chains measured from London Paddington. Radley railway station is situated 1 mile north of Nuneham Viaduct.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Radley and Abingdon-on-Thames.

Radley

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Radley is a village and civil parish about 2 miles northeast of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames.

Abingdon-on-Thames

Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abingdon-on-Thames is in Oxfordshire on the River Thames about 7 miles south of Oxford. It is a busy market town with a good choice of shops, pubs and restaurants. It sits aside the River Thames and having an attractive County Hall.

Burcot

Hamlet

Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burcot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Clifton Hampden, in the South Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the left bank of the River Thames. In 1931 the parish had a population of 187. Burcot is situated 2 miles east of Nuneham Viaduct.

Nuneham Viaduct

Categories: railway bridge, bowstring arch truss bridge, and transportation
Location: Nuneham Courtenay, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.66939° or 51° 40′ 10″ north

Longitude

-1.24075° or 1° 14′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C3WMQ95+QM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 658999134

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q7069819

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