Settle to Carlisle Railway

Viaducts and Buildings

Viaducts

Kirkgate 32 ft. high 52 yds. long 4 arches

Marshfield 45 ft. high 88 yds. long 6 arches

Sheriff Brow 55 ft. high 58 yds. long 3 arches

Little 25 ft. high 55 yds. long 3 arches

Ribblehead 104 ft. high 440 yds. long 24 arches Built 1870-1875

Dent Head 100 ft. high199 yds. long 10 arches Built 1870-1875

Arten Gill 117 ft. high 220 yds. long 11 arches Built 1871-1875

Dandry Mire 50 ft. high 227 yds. long 12 archesBuilt 1873-1875

Lunds 63 ft. high 103 yds. long 5 arches Built 1874-1875

Ais Gill 75 ft. high 87 yds. long 4 arches Built 1871-1875

Smardale 131 ft. high 237 yds. long 12 arches Built 1870-1875

Crosby Garrett 55 ft. high 110 yds. long 6 arches Built 1871

Griseburn 74 ft. high 142 yds. long 7 arches Built 1873-1875

Ormside 90 ft. high 200 yds. long 10 arches Built 1870-1875

Long Marton 60 ft. high108 yds. long5 archesBuilt 1871-1874

Crowdundle 55 ft. high 86 yds. long 4 arches Built 1873-1873

Little Salkeld 60 ft. high 134 yds. long 7 archesBuilt 1874-1875

Long Meg 60 ft. high 137 yds. long 7 arches Built 1871-1875

Armathwaite 80 ft. high 176 yds. long 9 arches Built 1871-1874

Dry Beck 80 ft. high 139 yds. long 7 arches Built 1871-1874

High Stand Gill (also known as Knot Hill Viaduct) 60 ft. high 91 yds. long 4 arches Built 1871-1875

Bridges

Taitlands (or Stainforth) 120 yds. long

Blea Moor 2629 yds. long Built 1870-1875

Rise Hill 1213 yds. long Built 1870-1875

Moorcock 98 yds. long Built 1871-1874

Shotlock 106 yds. long Built 1871-1875

Birkett 424 yds. long Built 1871-1874

Crosby Garrett 181 yds. long Built 1873-1875

Helm 571 yds. long Built 1870-1873

Culgaith 661 yds. long Built 1870-1873

Wastebank 164 yds. long Built 1871-1873

Lazonby 99 yds. long Built 1871-1872

Baron Wood No.1 207 yds. long Built 1871-1872

Baron Wood No.2 251 yds. long Built 1871-1873

Armathwaite 325 yds. long Built 1870-1871

Travel on the Settle and Carlisle Railway and you are sure to see many line-side buildings along the way. Unique to the S. & C.R. the buildings are all of a standard architectural style with minor differences from station to station.

The buildings bear no resemblence to the surrounding local architecture but local materials were used in their construction, hence you will find that in the Eden valley section brick and sandstone were used, with millstone grit and limestone being used in the moorland and Ribble valley sections.

Although little used, the stations on the line have in the past formed a vital link with the outside world for the people living in the surrounding areas. Local produce could be transported with ease to many cities and towns around the country. The numerous goods sheds on the line were once busy centres, despatching and receiving a wide variety of produce. These too were all built to a single standard design, varying only in length and building materials.

The line and its stations have been designated a conservation area ensuring its continued use and a massive effort is underway to regenerate the line and preserve its future.

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Links

• Carlisle
• Armathwaite
• Lazonby
• Langwathby
• Appleby
• Kirkby Stephen
• Garsdale Head
• Dent
• Ribblehead & Museum
• Horton in Ribblesdale
• Settle
• Viaducts & Miscellaneous