Gents Im looking to photograph and video a viaduct can anyone recommend…I live around Wirral but dont want to travel anymore than say 50 miles.
The Thelwall Viaduct (grid reference SJ664883) is a steel composite girder viaduct in Lymm, Warrington, England. It carries the M6 motorway across the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey. Its location on the motorway network is between junctions 20 and 21 of the M6, the former being also known as junction 9 of the M56.
It actually comprises two entirely separate bridges, one of 4,414 feet long carrying the northbound carriageway, which was the longest motorway bridge in England when it...
The Adam Viaduct is a grade II listed concrete underbridge in Wallgate, Wigan. The bridge, constructed in 1946, is the earliest prestressed concrete railway bridge in the United Kingdom, with only some examples in Switzerland being earlier. It is bridge number 54 on the Kirkby branch line and is at a line distance of 18 miles 1,032 yards (29.91 km).
The bridge was constructed as a test case, to see if prestressed concrete construction was feasible for rail projects in the UK, by the LMS railw...
Cadishead Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct of multi-lattice girder construction. It was built in 1892 by the Cheshire Lines Committee to clear the newly built Manchester Ship Canal to carry the new deviation of the Glazebrook to Woodley Main Line. The central span is 40 yards (37 m) long, and the clearance is 75 feet (23 m).
It opened to goods on 27 February 1893 and to passenger traffic on 29 May 1893.
Following the withdrawal of passenger services in 1964, the line became goods only, a...
The canal basin at Castlefield is crossed by four large railway viaducts dating from 1848, 1877 and 1898.
The southern viaduct in the group of three is the 1849 red brick viaduct of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway with its cast iron arch bridge over the Rochdale Canal. It carried the double tracks between Manchester Piccadilly via Oxford Road station and Knott Mill railway station, then turns south-west, crosses the canal basin and heads for Altrincham.
Designated as No.100...
Clifton Viaduct is a Grade II listed stone structure crossing the valley of the River Irwell in Clifton, Greater Manchester, and also the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. It is known locally as the "13 Arches". It is currently disused and closed to the public.
The viaduct was constructed in 1846 to carry trains from Manchester to Rossendale along the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway, over the Irwell Valley. It has 13 arches and after crossing the Irwell the railway line used to lead...
Well, the list just goes on really
I’ve not checked the distances from you though…
Take a look at this one @barryb as I only read the first few pages:
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Hi Rich
Of those, Castlefield Viaducts are in a congested area so definitely not suitable for most drone fliers. There’s a nice railway viaduct over the River Weaver at Frodsham, but I don’t know about accessibility. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is within 50 miles, but you don’t need to travel that far.
Sankey Viaduct is worth a look, you could park at Sankey Canal Car Park and walk across. I’m hopefully going to do precisely that this weekend!
The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct in North West England. It is a designated Grade I listed building and has been described as being "the earliest major railway viaduct in the world".
In 1826, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company (L&MR) was authorised to construct the world's first intercity railway. One obstacle on the selected 50 km route between Liverpool and Manchester was the Sankey Valley. The company's principal engineer, George Stephenson, designed the Sankey Viaduct for ...
Also, it’s not very pretty but there’s always the Bidston Moss Viaduct closer to home, near the Wallasey B&Q. From google maps, you could park on Mosslands Drive and follow the footpath under the viaduct through to Bidston Moss park, I don’t know about any local restrictions.
And … also not visually exciting but the Mersey Gateway North Approach Viaduct should be ok to capture from Spike Island (park at Catalyst car park, Widnes), and if you’re interested in the birthday photo competition, there are some other relevant things nearby …
Kvetner
thanks for the info Its much appreciated I shall take a look at some of these.
Barry
Hi @barryb - I visited Sankey Viaduct this morning, parking is easy, it’s about a 10-15 minute walk to the viaduct and there’s a handy grassy area away from the main path where I could fly pretty much undisturbed. See The Grey Arrows 2nd Annual Birthday Competition - #116 by kvetner
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Hi Kvetner
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