The Viaducts on the Carlisle to Settle Railway

The two viaducts at Smardale – the SCR one in the foreground, and the disused NER viaduct beyond

The 72 miles of the Settle to Carlisle Railway line cross the following viaducts:

Station:	Viaduct :	Arches	Height	Length	Grid ref
Carlisle
	High Stand Gill / Knot Hill / Cotehill	4 arches	60 ft	91 yards	86 NY: 488508
	Dry Beck	7 arches	80 ft	139 yards	86 NY: 509479
Armathwaite
	Armathwaite	9 arches	80 ft	176 yards	86 NY: 500453
Lazonby
	Long Meg / Eden Lacy	7 arches	60 ft	137 yards	90 NY: 561378
	Little Salkeld	7 arches	60 ft	134 yards	90 NY: 566353
Langwathby
	Crowdundle	4 arches	55 ft	86 yards	91 NY: 622285
	Long Marton	5 arches	60 ft	180 yards	91 NY: 669244
Appleby
	Ormside	10 arches	90 ft	200 yards	91 NY: 697178
	Griseburn	7 arches	74 ft	142 yards	91 NY: 715125
	Crosby Garrett	6 arches	55 ft	110 yards	91 NY: 727093
	Smardale	12 arches	131 ft	237 yards	91 NY: 733082
Kirkby Stephen
	Ais Gill	4 arches	75 ft	87 yards	98: SD 773976
	Lunds	5 arches	63 ft	103 yards	98: SD 792933
	Dandry Mire / Moorcock	12 arches	50 ft	227 yards	98: SD 793923
Garsdale
Dent
	Arten Gill	11 arches	117 ft	220 yards	98: SD 776859
	Dent Head	10 arches	100 ft	199 yards	98: SD 777845
	Ribblehead	24 arches	104 ft	440 yards	98: SD 759793
Ribblehead
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
	Ribble/Helwith Bridge	5 arches	? ft	? yards
	Little/Sheriff Brow 1	3 arches	25 ft	55 yards
	Sheriff Brow 2	3 arches	55 ft	58 yards
	Church/Marshfield	6 arches	45 ft	88 yards
	Settle/Whitefriars	4 arches	32 ft	52 yards
Settle

There are three small viaducts between Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Settle, crossing the River Ribble and 2 small ones in Settle crossing roads.

Helwith Bridge Viaduct over the River Ribble (viewed from the quarry road).

 
Viaduct Photos by Julian Thurgood and Jan Fialkowski:

 
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