Neidpath Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Neidpath Viaduct (1864-1954)

Opened on the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Extension Railway (Caledonian Railway).

Description

440 ft long, 32 ft high. This is a curved disused single track eight arch single viaduct on a skew passing over the River Tweed (Manor Water). The viaduct has castellated features due to the nearby Neidpath Castle. This was to please Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss 5th Earl of March, owner of the castle and estate.

Neidpath Tunnel is to the immediate east.

Both tunnel and viaduct now carry a footpath.

Local

The viaduct now carries a footpath and the line can be walked from Lyne to Peebles West. Walking the viaduct was common even in the days before the railway closed.

Tags

Viaduct footpath River Tweed

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map

Facilities

Listing: A


Books


Peebles Railways

The Railways of Peebles (Through Time)