Cawledge Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Names and dates

Cawledge Viaduct (1850-1968)
Cawledge Viaduct (2019-)

Opened on the Alnwick Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway).

Description

This is a double track seven arch stone viaduct on the line between Alnmouth and Alnwick which had been initially single track, then doubled (new track to north), and closed in 1968. The Aln Valley Railway now (2019) crosses the viaduct having extended east from its Alnwick (Lionheart) terminus. The viaduct carries a single track.

Local

Aln Valley Railway

Tags

Viaduct Cawledge Burn

Chronology Dates

  /  /2019Alnwick Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
First steam engine crosses over the Cawledge Viaduct.

News items

10/06/2022Aln Valley Railway launches £150,000 appeal to restore historic Cawledge viaduct [Berwick Advertiser]
06/05/2021Appeal to raise £100,000 for Northumberland railway viaduct repairs meets with amazing response [Northumberland Gazette]

Books


Alnmouth To Alnwick, Coldstream And Berwick (Country Railway Routes)