Porthkerry Viaduct
Porthkerry Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The viaduct was designed and engineered by James Szlumper and William Szlumper, and was contracted to the Pethick Brothers to be built in the late nineteenth century in order to carry the Vale of Glamorgan Railway between Tondu via Coity Junction Bridgend and Barry Docks.Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: grade II listed bridge in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Porthkerry Railway Viaduct (Partly In The Community of Rhoose), Porthkerry Park” and “Porthkerry Viaduct (partly in the Barry community)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardiff Airport and Barry Castle.
Cardiff Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardiff Airport is an international airport in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, to the south-west of Cardiff, United Kingdom. It is the only airport offering commercial passenger services and cargo services in Wales.
Barry Castle
Ruins
Photo: Mudforce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barry Castle is a small Grade II* listed ruined two-storey gatehouse with the adjacent walls of a hall in the Romilly district of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. Barry Castle is situated 1 mile east of Porthkerry Viaduct.
The Knap Lake
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Knap Lake is situated 1 mile east of Porthkerry Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porthkerry and Cold Knap.
Porthkerry
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Porthkerry is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies on the Bristol Channel coast of South Wales within the community of Rhoose between that village and the town of Barry to the east.
Cwm Talwg
Suburb
Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwm Talwg is a north-western district and large housing estate complex within the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan ten miles outside Cardiff in south Wales.
Porthkerry Viaduct
- Categories: railway viaduct and transportation
- Location: Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.39346° or 51° 23′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.31789° or 3° 19′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C3R9MVJ+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 843608017OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q18647723
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Porthkerry Viaduct” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Porthkerry Viaduct”
- Spanish: “Viaducto de Porthkerry”
- Welsh: “Traphont Porthceri (rhannol yng nghymuned Y Barri)”
- Welsh: “Traphont Porthkerry”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Viaduct Wood and St Curig.
Nearby Places
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