View from Lambley Viaduct

View from Lambley Viaduct

Lambley Viaduct: "crosses the River South Tyne as a series of elegant stone arches. More than 260m long, it once carried the Haltwhistle to Alston railway. The railway opened in 1852 to haul coal and lead from the Alston mines, was closed in 1976, and the viaduct allowed to decay. In 1991 the British Rail Property Board agreed to repair the viaduct and hand it over to the North Pennine Heritage Trust who would maintain it in the future. Wikipedia

We walked here from Haltwhistle along the old railway track.

p.s. William Wallace 'trashed the Nunnery here in 1296' !