The Abandoned HEWENDEN Viaduct - What Remains?

Join me in this series, as we explore the disused and lost Queensbury Lines. In this video, we are leaving behind Wilsden Station, and stopping to marvel at the fabulous Hewenden Viaduct on our way to the next stop of Cullingworth Station.
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[@Terry.W]

I love these walk along old railway lines ...but I always feel a touch of sadness at what has gone sometimes forever..

[@boogiebear3027]

Those fade throughs to the old photographs were lined up perfectly. That must have taken so much care and precision. What a lovely, uplifting video, thank you 😊

[@dancedecker]

It's what Darren has become famous for. Absolutely precise "fade ins and outs". Meticulous details and research too, that his fade ins demonstrate.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

And in the new ident

[@boogiebear3027]

@@JP_TaVeryMuch He's a professional dude 😉

[@mrsgenehunt48]

Nobody does it like Darren

[@dancedecker]

@@mrsgenehunt48 Agreed

[@DesigntowinLew]

It's good to see old railway infrastructure being persevered and used rather than blown up or buried . Great vid Darren .

[@rontanser9369]

That is a very beautiful viaduct we marvel at them now but I wonder if it wasn’t there and someone proposed it be built now we probably call it an eyesore

[@craigsouthwell3484]

The drone footage was absolutely breathtaking. Brilliant video as ever!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks a ton!

[@littlemissy2883]

It's a good job they made these viaducts listed buildings otherwise the local councils would've pulled them down

[@seemorebeer2848]

*correct Darren, just for the hell of it,like all philistines ! 😡

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

Ooo Darren, you're teasing us with summer video's in the depths of our winter. Great footage as ever, fantastic transition shots too.

[@MrChrisBarker]

Great stuff. Documentary quality, fantastic location. Enigmatic host. You should be very proud of your work. I do love me a viaduct. It's not all about Ribblehead.. 👍

[@familylife3624]

Definitely not been filmed today Darren , weather looks grand on the video , raining cats and dogs today just over the hill in Thornton Another great little video , keep up the good work

[@DrivermanO]

And all the trees were in full leaf! June/July maybe?

[@AdventureMe]

June I filmed this

[@mrsgenehunt48]

Superb as always. The music makes you feel nostalgic too. It's a great one. Thanks Darren

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@frogandspanner]

Stone viaducts enhance the landscape - they look as though time itself has etched them from their surroundings.

[@dancedecker]

Happy new year Darren and thank you for yet another excellent video, with your now trade mark, exactly bang on, fade in and out. Whilst it being excellent that the viaduct still exists and is seemingly in good basic condition, it is always viewed by me at least, with a twinge of sadness that all that work of all those "navvies", is now just serving the odd cyclist or luminous green jogger, rather than the 16.28 to Keighley. But excellent video nonetheless. Cheers.

[@mcmarky1985]

Awesome video thankyou so much for sharing we don't get anything like that here in Norfolk! Love the drone work and the ghost image. Will definitely visit when I'm in the area!

[@colinwhitley5778]

Hi Darren, fantastic video as always and it is such a lovely place to walk with amazing views. The thing that surprised me is when reading the information about it that when it was being built the only casualty was a workman who broke their leg - amazing that was the only casualty considering at that time things like H&S wasn't around as such unlike today

[@nirgunapa56]

Having been partly responsible for getting the Nine Arch Viaduct at Tredegar converted into a walking and cycling route I can advise that structures like this, whether listed or not, are subject to annual visual inspections and every 10 years are subject to a full engineering inspection. To respond to littlemissy2883 it will be the owners of the viaducts that decide to demolish them and NOT 'the Council'. This was often done for a combination of expense to maintain/restore and public safety. In the case of the Nine Arches the owners were the British Rail Residuary Body - responsible for all old BR land and structures. The Nine Arches is now owned by Sustrans having been sold for £1. And the overflow channel from a reservoir is called a spillway - sorry to nitpick. These are excellent videos - I am really enjoying them. Thank you.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

At least this beautiful structure is still open to the public

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Stunning views of an amazing structure. Good to see it is use again. Well done and thank you.

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

The sag on the viaduct is very noticeable, I spotted it instantly just before you referred to it in commentary. Awesome video and drone footage. Great video, Darren 👍

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Like the cut-through your expensive looking new ident to what we're about to see. I'm not sure how you can top it. Very nice indeed. Content’s none too shabby neither.

[@shirleylynch7529]

Stunningly beautiful. The viaduct is amazing. The music hauntingly spellbinding as you watch your footage. Brilliant Darren. Wow. Thank you.

[@lindseykaine-walley6339]

Another fine video Darren, exploring and hunting for Railway clues. Its like we are in your top pocket seeing things with you, it's that good. Never a dull moment our friend. Can't wait for the next trip out

[@lynnballington8467]

Hello Darren how are you and Barney happy new year hope that you had a good Christmas and New year love the video very interested best wishes take care stay safe xx

[@AdventureMe]

Happy new year! We are both very well.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the “trip back in time”, Darren! Always a pleasant experience to travel through. Enjoy the week ahead, and all the best in 2023 for you and, of course “Barney”! Cheers mate! ❤😊

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks, you too!

[@dread7299]

Wow, your video on the disused Queensbury Lines was truly mesmerizing. Watching the footage of the Hewenden Viaduct, it brought back memories of my grandad who used to work as a construction worker on these lines. He had some incredible stories and photographs from his time building the viaduct and other structures on the lines. It's amazing to see these historic structures still standing today and I really appreciate the effort you put into showcasing their history and beauty. It's always fascinating to learn about the past and I look forward to seeing more of your adventure videos. Keep up the good work.

[@grahamhall8249]

I love your photo overshoots, they're brilliant.

[@davidberlanny3308]

Great video, loved old photos especially the one showing the viaduct under construction. Happy New Year Darren!!

[@theBusManiac]

Great video mate. I live 10 minutes away and love walking it and I think this video does it justice. 9:13 is Thornton viaduct though.

[@peterhill7846]

Really great piece on The Viaduct. Those shots with the trains on there were perfect; just as I remember them. Your drone shots did what I always wanted to do when we walked underneath the arches.

[@andybbeck2043]

allways super and greatly presented Darren happy new year

[@hollimurray8856]

Brilliant video!!! Great to have them back!!

[@christelbraune4530]

Herrlich anzusehen 😍. Eine wunderschöne Aussicht. Thank you Darren

[@KeithHambidge]

Great drone footage The views from the viaduct were stunning

[@a11csc]

lovely drone footage darren

[@davegb99]

Great video. Have walked over there numerous times and used to play on the viaduct as a kid just after the rails were lifted. Had a school friend who lived in one of the station cottages. Hopefully when you got to Cullingworth you managed to find the big concrete station sign that is in the school playground.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Lucky you. I just had the occasional plate-layers hut to snog in on the (already lifted) Strawberry Line.

[@hoppinonabronzeleg9477]

Absolutely fantastic Darren! You are right about the slight dip in one of the parapets. I was looking for it in all pics, you can see it on the Western side at the Cullingworth end, it could be something as daft as the masons who built it being very religious, putting in a deliberate flaw as subservience to God, I have heard the subsoil below was very soft, and they had to sink the foundations super super deep! HOABL

[@neilwilkins7686]

Another great video, thanks Darren

[@shirleysmith1713]

Absolutely breathtaking Darren. Thanks for showing 👍🏻

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@craigsmith3734]

Great video. Awesome drone shots. I live in Cullingworth and it takes my breath away every time I see the viaduct. You can walk underneath it too. It's a spectacular sight.

[@ianlamb9606]

Great video Darren, hope you had a Happy New Year.

[@christelbraune4530]

A gorgeous Video. And the drinking water Reserve is brimming. Have you already prepared in the Sommer, very nice. Thank you Darren 👍

[@merrytrek]

That reservoir is not for drinking water, it was built to ensure reliable water levels in the stream to power mills downstream after springs which originally fed the beck were diverted to provide drinking water for Bradford. I have never seen the water levels change (no more mills).

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video Darren, beautiful scenery and lovely drone shots👌😀👍

[@merrytrek]

Nice relaxing video. Oh for warm summer days. From what I've read the viaduct was only built because Bradford Corporation wouldn't allow GNR to build the easier route skirting the western edge of the reservoir which would have affected Bradford's main water source at the time, Manywells Spring. The spring's location is by the bushes which can be seen just above the middle of the western side of the reservoir at 6:07 in the video. The water was piped off to the Chellow Dene reservoirs.

[@bryan3550]

On the Money, Darren! Simply the best viaduct drone shots EVER... As for your dissolves: I'm speechless! Well done mate! 🙃

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Absolutely fantastic! I was just thinking this would be a great place to take the drone. Well done and well presented.

[@AdventureMe]

Many thanks!

[@gevetsrm]

My wife and I had a few days on the K&WVR back in the summer of 2021 and went out and walked a few bits of the Great Northern Trail including this fantastic viaduct

[@David-R-Hall]

Looks like a lovely place to take the doggies for a walk when the weather improves. Can you suggest a good place to park up Darren?

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah there's ample parking right at the end of the viaduct.

[@David-R-Hall]

@@AdventureMe cheers Darren 👍🏻 Great vlog btw, as always your photo fades are stunning and really bring it all back to life.

[@jetcat120]

The Viaduct looks like the Larpool Viaduct in Whitby.

[@ffrancrogowski2192]

A very well constructed viaduct, by the look of it Darren. it's quite amazing how they ever got the stonework to perfection, when on a curve. Great drone footage and some great old photos including the then and now scenes. Many thanks for this video.

[@douglasthompson296]

Hi Darren, a 👍👍👍 up. Great drone shot of you waving to yourself too 😎 Cheers DougT, VM and Mrs Warboy

[@anthonyellis987]

Happy 2023. I love these videos and the viaduct is beautiful.

[@LRYT22]

Amazing shots 👏

[@chrismccartney8668]

Great to see it reused rather than being knocked down

[@hosjog]

Hi just watched all your Great Northern Trail/railway videos, found them all very informative and fascinating,thankyou, i can tell a lot of hard work must have gone into making these videos but it has been appreciated, kind regards G

[@raymondlee4767]

Great video Darren like the blend of old pictures to how it looks today. Nice one

[@mariemcbride3918]

Where I live I've lost two stone in last 6 months walking on that daily few minute walk from my home ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@francoisworld9924]

The lovely music is back x

[@rickparkinmoto]

Lovely drone footage, and another viaduct to add to my summer visit list!

[@AdventureMe]

Go for it!

[@lukodianfamily5602]

Watching it on VR ..... wow

[@suesmith4366]

Loved watching this Darren 😎

[@wetdogFBK]

Another great video Darren, liking the fades 🚂

[@nigelgladwell1783]

happy new year to love the content looking forward in 2023

[@AdventureMe]

Same to you!

[@Andrewjg_89]

Very nice. I like how you explained in this video and the viaduct is beautiful.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you very much!

[@leecollett8522]

Great videos . Hopefully you will head towards cullingworth then Keighley in another video 😊

[@paulspickernell6875]

Great vid Darren, really loved that one, nice one

[@andykopgod]

Absolutely stunning and well done on the fantastic drone footage 👏👏👏, wish i had a head for heights, not sure id be brave enough 🙈😆👏

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@lainydepp]

Amazing 👊❤

[@gamerunner9632]

Cool video

[@richardfrancis3325]

Like the merging shots and drone footage was brilliant do you use a dji ?

[@AdventureMe]

Yes I do!

[@Wedgedoow]

Lovely video as usual, very nostalgic. Your the absolute master of p ho to fade.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you kindly!

[@showmanpete2805]

great vid Daz keem em coming

[@stevetrotter1286]

Brilliant man 😊

[@pauljohnson4525]

Fantastic video

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

What a beautiful viaduct Darren. So nice it's not been knocked down. But please tell me what the resess are for in the walls .

[@peterstudley1804]

Recess or refuge's are built into railway tunnels and viaducts so linesmen/permanent way could stand out the way of passing trains.

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

@@peterstudley1804 thankyou

[@benmarshall787]

Hi Darren, just caught up with the Hewenden Viaduct film. I think you and Andrew (nth yks wanderer) have been locked in your editing suites over Christmas and New Year. Your drone work and the music were excellent, the area looks lovely, you've done a cracking job. The new "lilt" music was very folky and I liked it. With regards to the sagging bit, I'm sure it's safe too, but as ever with these massive pieces of engineering, they are not kept up with for free. That's no blight on Sustrans (as our part of the s.v gway has had some major grounds maintenance done and looks v smart, it's just that if any of these sites did collapse, would they replace them like for like? To change the subject over to Leeds, the "cut off" Bridge adjacent to Whitehall Road and the Iron Bridge has had some fancy stairs put on but they've been clad with what looks like corragated tin roof material, the buildings are sprouting up all around there, and in my eyes the truck lift building in between the new buildings looks swamped. Perhaps it should have been moved? Anyway sorry to go on, great great work, look forward as ever to the next one. Ben 👍🚌🚍✊🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks as always Ben

[@jetsons101]

Darren, not to ask a silly question but why is there a thick pier and then four thinner piers then back to a thick pier for the length of the viaduct? The beautiful countryside and summer day really compliments the viaduct.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

It's not a siily question and I'm jumping in, if I may. The straightforward answer is because of the uniform radius of the curve of this beautiful viaduct. The regular thicker piers serve to push back against the forces wanting to push out of the "circle" especially when there's a load like a couple of heavy trains running across it. I'm sure that others know the more technical terms, but for the moment I am forced to finish blathering and hope that this helps.

[@jetsons101]

@@JP_TaVeryMuch Thanks for info. Feel free to "jump in" whenever you want. It is a open forum. LOL

[@Bahamas-rd8le]

Hi Darren, loved the video, just wondering when you’ll continue the journey down to Keighley? As well as having an incredibly keen interest in this line, I live in Cullingworth and would love to know more about local history

[@AdventureMe]

I will at somepoint. I don't like to leave something unfinished.

[@Bahamas-rd8le]

@@AdventureMe thanks for the reply, glad to hear you’ll get round to it at some point 👍

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Okay, you got me. What on earth is that archy thing umm overarching the loco and reaching down the embankment/hill at 08:08? I'm in a right state... trying to work it out. Or should I just get glasses‽ I did need glasses. It's a scratch on the plate or negative. Whoops! Zoom and ye shall find, I guess. Yours in admiration, Albert Thyme-Waster Esq.

[@nicklowe536]

Padded to my list of rides to do thank you for sharing

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Magnificent video Darren - I would say this is one of your best marriages of static, drone and fade pictures along with music ever. Thanks so much for putting the time in to capture edit and mix this. It goes into my best of railway videos box! 😎 As an indication I think your 'amature production' is only a knats whisker behind my all time favourite kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6Tcqn2XjZWdabs which took many months of operational planning, helicopter authorisation and hours of editing! The music is by Vangelis BTW.