#CastlefieldViaduct

2024-02-24

Visit to site in . A section of disused line given over to wildness and a bit of planting. A great local resource, and really hope funding is found to continue beyond September, and to extend the garden.

But I can remember when there were trains, freight going to the Great Northern Warehouse.

A model of the Castlefield viaducts in the exhibition area of Castlefield Viaduct.A view through iron girders of a brick viaduct with several buildings, and a canal with a narrow boat.  Some high rise buildings in the distance.Looking along a path with rough grassy sides, following the route of a former railway along an iron girder viaduct. A few people in the distance.An iron girder viaduct crossing over a brick viaduct with a road going under both. A grassy area on the right with ruins of the old Roman fort. Some high rise buildings in the distance.
2023-03-23

Looking forward to returning to Castlefield Viaduct. It took ages to get tickets but I made it in October last year

#ThrowBackThursday #castlefieldViaduct #nationalTrust #Manchester #Castlefield

Shadows on Castlefield Viaduct created by the old railway steel. Visitors in the distance looking at the plants
2022-11-24

This is the view along the half of the #CastlefieldViaduct that the #NationalTrust hasn't (yet) adopted. The viaduct has been untouched since it closed in 1969. The soil is contaminated with lead. Some of the planting on the adopted part of the viaduct is directly into the soil, to see whether certain plants can detoxify it.

View down the unadopted section of the Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester.
2022-11-24

Yesterday, I visited the #NationalTrust #CastlefieldViaduct at dusk. No bats, but the industrial planting and soundscapes were very atmospheric on this repurposed railway viaduct at that time of day.

#heritage #IndustrialHeritage #architecture #railways #GreeningTheCity

Plants on a repurposed railway viaduct in Castlefield, Manchester.Plants on a repurposed railway viaduct in Castlefield, Manchester.A view down the National Trust Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester.The entrance to the National Trust Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester.

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