Nidd Viaduct

[1] At Bilton, the line had to cross the Nidd Gorge, and work on a viaduct started in 1846,[2] designed by John Cass Birkinshaw.

[4] The line closed in 1969,[5] but the viaduct was retained, and was grade II listed in 1987.

[7] The viaduct is built of gritstone, and consists of seven round arches, three of them over the river.

The arches have massive voussoirs, and there are moulded bands at impost and track levels.

The parapet has flat moulding, and the end piers have projecting coping.