Crigglestone Viaduct and the Horbury Curve Disused Railway Walk

[@tonystack7375]

Plenty of industry when we were Kings!Sad to see so much gone,You display these old lines so Brilliantly.Thank you.

[@bexhil7]

A good video of Crigglestone Viaduct and the Horbury Curve Disused Railway Walk!.💛💛💛💛

[@007JHS]

These you tube documentaries from yourself and others achieve very high levels of professionalism.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Very kind thanks very much 😃

[@davedear929]

What an amazing viaduct. Our forefathers certainly knew how to build without modern aids.so Impressive would have been great to watch its construction. Many thanks Ant .

[@robertstevenson8696]

The music on this is like a masterclass in how to right good minimalisitic synth

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it Robert thank you 🙂

[@Marc_von_Hoffrichter]

Just wonderful! Thanks Ant.

[@ianr]

Great video again. The outtakes were a nice bonus! 👏🙂

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Ian

[@ernestbailey9194]

I use to work at Carlton North Sidings, Nr Royston , I use to tell the signal man at Royston Junction which trains were to go over the viaduct, they were Diesels when I was there, they had plenty of coal on for Rose Grove in Lancashire. Going over the viaduct meant it missed out Healey Mills sidings,which was where a lot of our wagons went. Lovely video again. Brought back my few Railway years as a number taker, Clerk is the posh word. Catching up with your videos love them.

[@Mortimer50145]

As a child, when I used to stay with my grandpa in Ossett, and we lived in Sandal, in Wakefield, he'd sometimes bring me back via Horbury Bridge, Netherton and Blacker Lane, rather than taking the direct route along the M1. I can remember him pointing out the magnificent Crigglestone Viaduct, and then we went under the bridge that carried the Horbury west curve, and then immediately after that over the level crossing with the mineral railway, before turning left onto the Denby Dale road and under Crigglestone Viaduct. Grandpa, who had a mucky mind, used to refer to the Horbury West Curve and East Curve and the L&Y Line collectively as "The Pubic Triangle" (look at it on a map!)

[@kieranbeecroft8414]

I used to watch for the tracks of this curve when I got the train from Leeds to Barnsley (or voce versea) when I would come home from University (or just stayed living in Scotland)... I remember watching as they went from disused, to disconnected but present, to gone from 2000 to 2015

[@martinmarsola6477]

Another grand video and walking trip back in time. The folks you met today are an interesting couple. See you on the next. Cheers Ant! ❤🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers Martin thanks very much 🙂🙂

[@helenawanders]

Great video again, was a good explore with you. Can't wait for the next!

[@TrekkingExploration]

It was a good day. Even me going down the embankment 😂

[@richarddoran3877]

Absolutely fantastic! Load of lost relics, but it's such a shame that all this great infrastructure is now just left abandoned. Love the outtakes.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Richard. The outtakes are a nice little extra if I mess up enough 😂

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Excellent video! I can’t understand why this curve was shut. Huddersfield-Barnsley via Horbury west curve would be so much quicker than the Penistone line.

[@ceanothus_bluemoon]

Just been looking up Crigglestone and Horbury and saw that the the former has recently had some renovation to preserve it. Went and had a look on Google maps too. Never knew about this branch or the beautiful bridges and viaducts(and also found some more in Newmiller Dam Country Park). Excellent explore of some stunning structures!

[@jetsons101]

So much history at one's fingertips. Thanks for posting the story for the viaduct...

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Mike 🙂

[@bobsrailrelics]

That image of the industrial line going under the bridge is amazing. So many relics in one place, the curvature on the bridge and the viaduct. Brilliant. Always good to see Richard and/or Helena pop up.

[@trevorbirch797]

Great video..stunning scene's of the viaduct, well done

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for watching Trevor 🙂

[@bobingram6912]

What a lot of relics, loving those rails still embedded and that curving brickwork is fantastic. Wouldn't that landscape be boring without that viaduct?!!!!!!🤔 Nicely put together Ant👍👍👍

[@simonballard6413]

Another lovely video. What a beautiful viaduct and fantastic little tunnel on the Horbury curve! Thanks so much, Ant.

[@michaelhollingworth1536]

Great learning video,yet again very,very interesting.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Michael

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

I saw the title and thought, railways 🙄. But I tell you something. This was a fantastic vlog, well researched, thought out, and presented. I loved the overlay of the new/old lines and the pictures. The enthusiasm in your presentation is palpable. The bridge that was 1/62. Month and year of my birth. Amazing that they were still running steam locomotives until August 1968. I know, I'm an old fart to you, but this is within my lifetime. Blows my mind. The architecture of the railway viaduct was amazing. The lines, I wonder why the opposite curve on the bricks? It seems such a shame that the viaduct is closed off. That would make a great hiking trail. I started following you at Ladybower, and I've come to the conclusion that you could sell ice to the Eskimos. Brilliant vlog, thanks for sharing.

[@swc43]

So close to the once great Marsheling yard of Healey mills. My old stomping ground Hope you got chance to visit.

[@tonyhongkong8412]

Pedantic moment! It can’t be a former disused line otherwise it would be a used line 😂 On a serious note I’m hooked. Massively informative, filmed and narrated. My only worry is I will run out of your vids to watch!

[@jontaylor1652]

Brilliant stuff, thanks Ant.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Jon

[@MM0IMC]

Love the outtakes! 😂

[@2010ditta]

Some amazing finds as well as the viaduct, in this one. The things they built just to fill a gap. Very enjoyable video...thank you. All the best.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Tim. Much appreciated 🙂

[@michaelrender1584]

Another great 👍 video

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you Michael 🙂

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Wow Ant I loved that via duct. The brickwork in bridges was fantastic. Really loved video. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

[@benGBRf]

Brilliant video Ant. It's amazing all the lines that was situated around there. All gone now ☹️ top content as always from you. 👍🏻 All the best. Ben

[@lilchris26]

Thanks Ant, love the railway related videos. Chris

[@mansdaz]

Thanks from mansfield..

[@philsmodelrailway232]

Nice to see you up In Yorkshire which used to be my old stomping ground There’s lots of old railways to find and explore up there

[@lostinhistory_uk]

Another Great Video as always

[@brianmirfield5371]

Great video again keep up the great work

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Brian 🙂🙂

[@ffrancrogowski6263]

A most excellent video, Ant. The location very well explained with the maps, and it's hard to believe how busy this area once was with the railway lines in abundance. It's great to see the bridge numbers still there from the 1960s, and the structures in good condition, too. The drone footage over the viaduct is brilliant. The tunnel curved brickwork is amazing in the way that it was constructed with such precision. Many thanks for this production, Ant.

[@shirleylynch7529]

Fabulous explore. Stunning filming and scenery. The viaduct was amazing. Thanks Ant. This was brilliant as always.

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Superb views of fantastic railway architecture and evocative archive images. What an interesting walk. Thank you.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Malcolm. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@johnraworth8019]

Great and thanks. Did make me smile thinking it could have been called the Hornby West curve 🤔😁

[@tonygilpin7810]

Another cracking video. I used to work a little further up at Addingford Mills which bordered the river. I used to walk my guard dogs along the paths and through the tunnels that you have documented. I remember when you could walk over the viaduct. Past the viaduct and towards Crigglestone tunnel gets interesting. A trip down memory lane for me, Thanks for that. Keep up the good work!

[@graemehannam3950]

Another cracking video thanks ant, the 3f jinty locomotive is now preserved at the midland railway in Butterly, I think it is in line for restoration at some point in time

[@momatmach1]

Really interesting video thanks, an area well worth looking at, the mixture of lines and levels shows how important the area was to the railway, one minor point, the first bridge you came to was an underbridge not overbridge, it’s always described from the position in relation to the railway. Great video thanks for posting.

[@MrJoffster]

I was fortunate enough to break down in my truck on the M1 and had a cracking view of Crigglestone tunnel which is just off j38 I was so tempted to hop over the fence and have a look at the tunnel but it seems to be on private land but nethertheless its a stunning tunnel in good condition and I've seen the viaduct from the motorway brilliant video as usual keep up the good work from joff the trucker

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed it. The tunnel is indeed one of the trickier ones to get too

[@kieranbeecroft8414]

@@TrekkingExploration It is on private land, and in the last 4 or 5 years they have infilled the bridge under the motorway making it almost impossible to get to now

[@krazytroutcatcher]

I used to pass this often around 30 years ago, and I considered making a model of it in OO gauge, unfortunately when I did manage to get some general dimensions, I soon realised I’d need a long room to accommodate it, something like a 4 or 5 metre length.

[@tobycaunt9257]

Looks like the top of the viaducts been cleared since last been up too but track bed more overgrown many a weekend cycling round that area

[@chriswaring5565]

IS THAT WAKEFIELD IN FAR DISTANCE? GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT PHOTO OF THE BLUE B.R CLASS 45 PASSING 😊 AND THE BLOOPERS AT THE END AS THEY SAY IT,LL BE ALLRIGHT ON THE NIGHT

[@Seat1AJoe]

Love this

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you 🙂

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Nice one Ant, you really have to admire the skill of all the trades in the building of viaducts as an retired brickie I can tell you that building arches in engineering brick is time consuming and intricate and very wearing on the scutch hammers, the reason for the brick being curved at the entrance is usually because the sides on the entrance to the tunnel are not aligned being at an angle so they do it that way for strength and to get the arch to be correctly positioned and built, I’m not explaining it very well but I can visualise it which of course is no good to anyone

[@leer798]

Unbelievable. I drive under both the Horbury and Crigg viaducts today for the first time in ages and then you post this video the same evening !

[@TrekkingExploration]

Ha ha that's a bit creepy really

[@Yorks-em]

Fantastic video, just down road from me in Thornhill, never seen some parts of the viaduct so enjoyed the drone footage, love the channel👍

[@johncarold]

Hi Ant, Great looking viaduct, I love the old viaduct that can be found in the UK, I just don't know if the US ever built any or not, Thanks again for the video and information

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Johnny. Much appreciated 🙂

[@SimonNemeth]

You didn't go to Crigglestone Tunnel? You can literally see the tunnel portal from the motorway at this time of year. It has always been easily accessible from the nearby roads. Oh, and yes, the little one is definitely a tunnel as well. Horbury Tunnel on the Horbury West Curve I believe. It's only fairly recently they pulled all the rails up on there actually.

[@mickd6942]

I hope like conisborough it will one day be opened up for public access as a footpath or cycle path

[@TrekkingExploration]

It would be nice. Similar to Bennerley Viaduct.

[@bonnyisabear]

I enjoy your videos thanks. What's the music on crigglestone viaduct film?

[@kathrynannweaver4144]

Good morning ive just started checking out ur videos ive already done High Tor and Giddy Edge fell in love with both your inspiring me with more idea's love your videos ❤

[@TrekkingExploration]

Good morning Kathryn. Really pleased you are enjoying them and visiting these places too. Hopefully I can send more suggestions your way ❤️

[@kathrynannweaver4144]

@TrekkingExploration Yes that would be awesome u don't realise how beautiful it is until you get yourself out there exploring ❤

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@kathrynannweaver4144 your exactly right. Have a look for my Facebook page if you haven't already I put more stuff on there 🙂

[@mickd6942]

The Orange Jinty loco belonged to British oak works

[@glennswalks7693]

Great video Ant nice to see you making video near me I live on the border of west and south Yorkshire and you were only a few miles from me, you got some nice footage with your drone of the viaduct too, its a 👍from me cheers Glenn

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Glenn. The more I do in Derbyshire and Yorkshire the more I keep finding to go back for. You wouldn't think I still live in Nottinghamshire 😃😂

[@railwaychristina3192]

Hi so glad you have posted this new video! Fabulous viaduct. Any plans to reopen as part of the Government initiative?

[@maxthecat14]

That Gorilla is a better class of graffiti than we get where I live!.

[@jamesrichards7644]

Another top video ant where all these old pit lines are who owns the land now is it still the coal board ??

[@SimonNemeth]

It's the National Coal Mining Museum and it's Wakefield, not Huddersfield.

[@normandunford5747]

The old victorian engineers did such a fantastic job of linking virtually every local town and village by the building of a rail system to be proud of. Only for mismanagement and seriously insane decisions in the 50's & 60's to almost destroy it. Beeching & Marples should have been given jail terms for what they were allowed to do. The politics then were absolutely disgusting as they are nowadays. Its always to do with money and not common sense why the infrastructure is abandoned.

[@nigelfarley814]

Your comment is so typical of Britain. Our governments always get it wrong.

[@a11csc]

well ant that is the nearest to my house you get without knocking at the door.i am 3 mins away in thornhill at the a642 horbury end

[@TrekkingExploration]

Bloody hell get the kettle on next time I'll be back 😂

[@a11csc]

certainly love to meet up

[@Richard_hudds]

I'm sure we have a viaduct by your house to come back and do 😉

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@Richard_hudds ha ha ha in the garden 😂

[@djselectrix1395]

so sad how we've laid waste to more stuff than we have now.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Very true. Thanks very much for watching

[@leeclayton4174]

Hi ant shame they don’t convert it into cycle ways 😊

[@Mark-yk1ny]

A bit wet at times 😆🤣👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

🤣🤣🤣

[@davidharwood6209]

Some people find graffiti ( cool) but when it appears on these works of industrial heritage it is sacrilege.?

[@janettetaylor8760]

Cycline walking jogging get it open