This is Not a Railway Tunnel & the Hidden Burbage Waterfall

This is Not a Railway Tunnel & the Hidden Culvert Waterfall
In this video i take a look at a hidden railway culvert with a big surprise, it has a lovely cascading waterfall!
Part of the closed Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, this hidden gem lies away behind the trees and the main footpaths just waiting to be adored!
I also take a look at a former railway bridge tht often gets mistaken for Burbage Tunnel.
Is this a bridge or a tunnel? You decide but it is not Burbage Railway Tunnel
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[@richardcox6820]

Theres a lot of history there mate just above the bridge is a couple of coke ovens and below the waterfall there was a wharf for Goyt mine where they copied the Bridgewater mine and used the water to extract the coal by barge. There was a coal stockyard below where the housing estate is now. There is a book called the coal mines of Buxton that explains it all . Great video I walked up that culvert 40 years ago with my late grandfather .

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's a cute little culvert isn't it? I'll be back to do more around there soon I'm looking forward to it

[@jontaylor1652]

Nice one, thanks for the extra info Richard.

[@jackx4311]

Many thanks for the tip on the book, 'The Coal Mines of Buxton'. I'll try and track down a copy of that!

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

Thanks Richard … is there a link for this book at all…

[@user-vq6yv3ok3z]

Thanks Richard I walked it ages ago with my dog asty Dave woods

[@mtgcardzandreview2756]

I think the center section has been worn away over the years and when it was built the entire section was a cascade or stepping stones from top to bottom including the center section that goes under the layer that is going across the water and looks like a bridge.

[@daveplant6544]

I agree, I wonder how soon its going to need to be repaired or the whole thing ripped up.

[@thebrowns5337]

Was going to comme t the same. I've seen erosion like this before. Those stones that look like a bridge are just held in place by compression and sheer luck. The entire thing would have been stepped at the time of construction.

[@davebaker4620]

As a teenager in the 1960’s - I spent several hours on the left hand side of the embankment in front of the road bridge portal at the end of your video, doing a watercolour painting of the portal - sadly long lost now - happy days 😊

[@jontaylor1652]

Back in their day the railways must have had some of the most beautiful views in the country. Thanks Ant, another great show.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I imagine this one was rather good. I think I need to make a series on this line soon

[@user-kj5ys3vw9p]

The blue brick I've always heard called Blue Brindle. It's impervious and was used extensively before damp course proofing in many buildings, notably railway.

[@otakarkuby3926]

I recon originally they were steps all way up, erosion or a loose stone, anywhere from top to bottom of eroded area caused what we now see today, the bridge is a fluke. but pretty all the same. bet someone somewhere has a photo of times gone by..

[@rodgermoss8975]

I agree si.r You are correct the bridge is a fluke -it is one of the surviving cataracts,as damaged dressed stone can be seen downstream of this point , R

[@ukman9797]

That culvert was stunning. To think it was placed there to make way for industry is truly amazing. Thanks Ant, always look forward to your adventures.

[@2010ditta]

Its amazing to see what they built back in the day just to run a river underground. Especially that one end. Crazy. Very enjoyable as always. All the best.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Tim. I think I'll be back to do a fair bit around there soon

[@jackx4311]

It wasn't built "just to run a river underground"; it was to allow the river to flow under a huge railway embankment. When that was built to carry the railway over the valleys carved out by glaciers (which only melted about 10,000 years ago), they had to allow the River Wye a path underneath it, as you can't just switch a river off.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Definitely a couple of gems there Ant. Thanks for sharing.

[@Carolb66]

Oh wow Ant, you are amazing at finding these gems. Isn't it stunning! That is some fast flowing & very noisy water cascading down the steps. Oh i love some blue brick mixed together with original stone just lovely. Old Burbage tunnel or not a tunnel a great find. Great explore Ant thank you! ❤😊👍

[@shirleylynch7529]

Fabulous waterfall. Hidden gem. Great video. Beautiful scenery. Thank you Ant. So good.

[@chrishartley4553]

A good video. A particular photo did get my attention. The photo of the wagons in 0:58 & 7:10 has mix of old railway companies present: Great Central Railway, Great Eastern Railway, London & North Western Railway, London & South Western Railway, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway and the Great Northern Railway. The newest of these is the GC(R) which came about in 1897 and all those names disappeared when the railway companies were merged into the 'Big Four' in 1923. So that photo was most likely taken in the 1900s or 1910s. There are two lines of wagons as well so that short stump of a line was being used to store them.

[@screwdriver5181]

As a child I can remember being in dad’s car on a run out from Macc and seeing railway wagons stored on the bridge over the main road. Lower down the valley, the coal from the colliery was brought out by boat which is why one of the tunnels has a dam at the end. At certain times of year it is possible to see the position of the mine workings by indentations on the surface heading out towards the Cat and Fiddle direction. Later I worked on the HSE site and there was an old book in their library about the mines . The CHP also had 2 routes through the site . A very interest in area.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the walking tour this day. Always interesting and intellectual to view. Enjoy your weekend, and see you on the next, Ant! Cheers ! 🇬🇧👍🙂🇺🇸

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Martin take care 😊

[@daveattrill2712]

Good choice for an explore. Went there around a year or so ago including a full visit of the interior right to the backfill although it wasn't quite as wet on my occasion. Just for the record mate, I'm also guilty of originally mistaking it for the other end of Burbage tunnel.

[@tsl56]

Best to call that blue brick, engineering brick. You can certainly still buy it in builder's merchants. It's a very hard heavy and dense brick, often with no frogs. It has to be handled with care as the sharp edges can easily cut your hands.

[@thebrowns5337]

Although not all blue bricks are true engineering class, so best to call them blue brick.

[@MrThinlySliced]

Wow that's a blast from the past! Family grew up on Leek Road - our front windows facing out to those hills. As kids we had all manner of fun exploring around that area in the late 70s/80s, the old tracks, the reservoirs, the moors not too far. Friends of my family used to live in the big house down at where the old track meets the main road. They had the most amazing gargantuan flat drive and garden! Perfect for motorbikes. Amazing place to grow up! Thanks for the memory jolt!

[@JanMartin-co9oo]

what an amazing find ant just love your videos thanks for sharing 😊

[@sergeant5848]

The bridge looks like a planned spur/extension that never went ahead. I'm always amazed by the amount of earthworks, stoneworks and effort put into these short lived branches. Crazy amounts of money seemingly wasted. Much to our benefit today as we can marvel and ponder the original purpose whilst admiring the beauty.

[@andrewmaurer6267]

Quality as always top man keep them coming 👍👍

[@inbetween-days]

Thank you for sharing. Another great video. We always look forward to your adventures ❤

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much indeed. Really kind

[@MrJimbaloid]

Loved it Ant been up and down that road tons of time when i worked for Dove Holes quarry and I never would have believed it used to have a railway.

[@simonballard6413]

What a marvellous county Derbyshire is for these finds! Loved the beautiful culvert and the marvellous imitation tunnel! (But why the infill? So unnecessary.) Looking forward to many more.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I was very happy with this one. Found it with only a single close up picture to go by

[@swipewrite]

The landowners don't like anyone walking on their land between there and Burbage tunnel. An on-going problem with getting this length formed as a through walk way as part of the HPR railway trail.

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@swipewrite oh definitely a stile and footpath sign

[@chrish5319]

Fascinating, thank you, love the care they put into constructing a routine culvert.

[@Brisletop]

I would say the gap under the stone cascade (erosion protection) is due to a course of blocks being washed out, and to be seen in stream bed. Don't walk across it has no structural support. Nice interesting video though keep up the good work.

[@janepatricia8779]

That culvert was lovely,Ant, it really looked slippy though on the stones you were stepping on 😱😱😱😱

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Fantastic video. You can’t beat a waterfall and a bridge. You never fail to please Ant. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care of

[@simonmcowan6874]

Loved it, that was really interesting nicely put together, presumably you took sensible shoes this time to go over the stream rather than trainers!

[@angelaknisely-marpole7679]

Excellent - I can nearly see that from my house!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Ohhh perfect ❤️

[@user-vq6yv3ok3z]

Thanks richard superb reminds me when i was young memorys

[@bobjackson6524]

Lovely film that. Thankyou Ant 🙌

[@robertboughton11]

Thanks i enjoyed that.

[@havingalook2]

Fascinating and such beautiful landscape.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much for watching 🙂

[@SiaVids]

A very interesting video, I've driven past there many times and often wondered what that bridge was all about. 😃

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much. I often see it posted on Facebook as Burbage Tunnel so I thought I'd clear that up 😊

[@ste.h9825]

Beautiful cascade of water & a great area to explore.Thanks Ant.

[@fhwolthuis]

Great story, Ant 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Frank ☺️

[@paulwilliams5713]

Amazing landscape

[@michaelmiller641]

What an extraordinary landscape, Ant. Thanks for that fascinating video!

[@dianaday4819]

What a lovely video, what is it about manmade structures and waterfalls that capture our imagination? As per your commentary brings the video to life.

[@ervinslens]

Fantastic storytelling man, alluring and enjoyable scenery! 👏👏

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@sarahwinfield3989]

Another little gem you have found. Well done and thanks for your efforts.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Pleased you enjoyed it Sarah thank you

[@swipewrite]

Very interesting video. I have visited this spot a number of times and walked the whole of the HPR but didn't know about the culvert and stream.

[@iancaveney7464]

Suspect the bit outside the culvert you described as a bridge is a flowcheck to slow the water down during particularly wet weather and save the embankment opposite from being washed away completely. Also, last time I looked at that old bridge it was indeed full of sheltering sheep. 👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Ahhh good point about the little bridge bit. I imagine that water is wild after heavy rain

[@rodgermoss8975]

Hi Ant, looking at the mini bridge at the base of the waterfall I would suggest that this is all that remains one of the cataracts built with setts that have been damaged over the years as there was evidence of dressed stone work below the base of the "falls" that has been washed down .Don,t ever stop what you do I love it !. Stay safe . R

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@rodgermoss8975 thanks for the information and watching ☺️

[@simonbradshaw3708]

Thank you for sharing another interesting video into our railway past

[@elainemclelland5121]

It's beyond comprehension all the man hours that went into building these things. It looks like the water has eroded some of the steps. Nature always claims its own back, doesn't it? As always, a great little video.

[@andrewmatley7688]

Cheers Ant very interesting find mate keep em coming.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks as always Andrew

[@capitalone1]

Thank you- very informative 👏

[@Olleetheowl]

Just amazing mate . Really enjoyed that one.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Very kind thank you 🙂

[@butchknapman3939]

All your videos are of great interest, and the research and linking of other people's photographs is a compliment to them. We also see amazing shots of the countryside and its hidden or secluded features

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Butch there's a fair bit to do around here I'll be back soon

[@jessgerrard2792]

Marvellous Ant. Thanks mate

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it Jess thank you

[@southerneruk]

I was looking at the stream itself, just below the waterfall it would make good spawning ground for Sea Trout, providing there are no blockages down river, that part could support a good few 100,000s of Sea Trout

[@helenthorne8451]

Brilliant thanks for sharing xx

[@TrekkingExploration]

❤️❤️😊😊

[@markforsyth2721]

Ant, I don’t think that row of stones was a bridge. I appears more like is was originally built as a “step weir”, but over time some of the stones have been washed away and that “bridge” was obviously a bit more solidily built and managed to hand on, whilst the water now runs under it. I suspect in a few years time, with winter rains, it may eventually force it to collapse. Great video as always.

[@LKBRICKS1993]

Excellent really enjoyed watching very interesting.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you 😊

[@jyc4779]

Love your videos Ant ❤

[@TrekkingExploration]

Very kind thank you

[@richardm7004]

"Stunning, beautiful, incredible"... You must have led a sheltered life.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I have.... You too? Thanks for having time to comment

[@pit_stop77]

Another interesting video ❤

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much indeed 😊

[@jackx4311]

Not many visitors to the Peak District, looking at it now, would have any idea of just how much industry, quarrying and mining was based here, from pre-Roman times right up to the 1950s.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Very true, so many nods towards the past with landscape and history such as this. It's a fascinating area

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Spectacular waterfall and surrounding bleak-looking landscape. Shame about the bridge infill - the brickwork looked OK to me. Are you thinking of exploring Burbage tunnel sometime?

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'd like to think the tunnel is possible I'm sure it's bricked at both ends

[@macdodd]

Nice & informative

[@TrekkingExploration]

Very kind thank you for watching

[@dilwyn1]

As always Ant, a facinating insite into our past. On the question of the "Bridge below the waterfall" I would like to suggest it is the remains of the origional sill and has been scoured out behind. Question is though, what is keeping those stones up?? they are all straight butt joints and nothing underneeth !!

[@2760ade]

Great video! Wonder why they infilled that bridge, seems a shame as it looks to be a lovely bridge!

[@thebrowns5337]

To reduce maintenance and inspection costs - if nothing is passing beneath it it's not required. Why pay for an inspection regime and ongoing maintenance when you can reduce any risk of it collapsing by filling it in? Money is tight these days (despite us paying more tax than ever...thanks Tories!).

[@bobingram6912]

You've done it again haven't you, another little gem.👍👍👍 How the hell are those stone slabs forming that "bridge" holding themselves up, even more so if that torrent was in full pelt?🤔🤔

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's a good one isn't it? Found it just by a single picture. Yes I thought that about the stone slabs

[@johnnyroadcrew3841]

Nice one .. .. ..

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you 😀

[@dn744]

Very interesting 👌

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you for watching ☺️

[@vicrigg9390]

I'm in Australia Victoria and they have closed down many of our country rail lines over the last 100 years.

[@Jimyjames73]

Hey I only Live only 20 Mins away from Buxton & I know the River Wye - It also runs next to the Monsal Trail!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂

[@davidurchyk1421]

You seem to find all the hidden gems.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'm so pleased I found it I had next to no information

[@Peter-MH]

1892!!Can’t be many sections of railway closing earlier than that!

[@TrekkingExploration]

I know it's crazy isn't it

[@markavis7232]

That bit of railway came up from the canal basin at Whaley Bridge, along the side of the lower of the two Goyt Valley reservoirs (you can still walk that bit) and up a big incline pulled by a stationary engine. The reservoir for this steam engine is still there, next to a small car park. This incline is now the road which then goes over the top of the newer, upper reservoir - the original road was lost when the upper reservoir was filled in the 1960s. The railway then has a flat bit with tight curves - some of which had repeated new earthworks made to ease their radius - up to the 'other' end of Burbage tunnel. You can walk this bit too. All this hassle with the canal junction, incline, fixed engine, and tight curves was got rid of when the C&HP line was joined up with the main line at Buxton, meaning this bit was redundant (incidentally - it had been there a while, C&HP was the first line in the area as I remember). All the quarry traffic from further up the line could now get out via the main line at Buxton.

[@DavidSeatson]

Can I make a suggestion....go back to meadowhall and do the ....Yorkshire Engine Company....test track...meadowhall to chapeltown.....there is some hidden mysteries for you.....

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

GREAT MARVELS FROM YESTERYEAR. CHEERS

[@barrybristow4646]

Love this lost history , what a shame though. bazz

[@a11csc]

Ant are you sure that you are not a former crewmember of the starship Enterprise lol

[@briancooper562]

I am thinking there would be a feed pipe/culvert from the Wye to the reservoir just to east before the bridge crossing the road. The bridge may have been removed in the 50's but the bridge supports only recently 2000's?

[@Spiritof1955]

Shame that the culvert wasn't maintained over the years. Many of the stone steps have been washed away, creating the so-called bridge you mentioned.

[@1972scenic]

2:47 ❤

[@thomasmann9216]

Why infill the passage under a road bridge? 😕

[@spex357]

That's not a bridge @3.08 its the remains of a step, the ones behind and above it have long disappeared. #decay

[@vicrigg9390]

I agree that was not for rail, old world.

[@bobjackson6524]

Bedtime tonight, Its a date. ❤

[@TrekkingExploration]

Enjoy 😊

[@LynxEng]

3:25 isn't a bridge. The steps have been eroded and now the water passes underneath one of the stair levels

[@longbar2344]

or the 'bridge' is the original structure that has survived and rest underneath/before it has been eroded

[@TrekkingExploration]

Yes that's a good explanation and makes sense 😊

[@itrainsclass87]

Oh Melton Quarry in Devon uk

[@owenrichardson1419]

Not a bridge but stones below move away by the water.

[@dajogb3330]

Is that a bridge or was it stepped all the way up & that’s left after the rest was undermined by the water?

[@recommended4134]

That looks like the water board is pumping out raw sewage to me if you have a look at the right of the Falls

[@polarlicht4758]

I wonder why they infilled it?

[@TrekkingExploration]

I thought that, they could have gated it if to protect livestock

[@matthewwren1177]

That's not the same river Why that gose through the town or Ross-on-why is it?

[@LGVX9900ENV]

I thought that I was going to see more of the inside..I got more of a history lesson than entertainment.. Not worth watching IMHO

[@TrekkingExploration]

Worth commenting though 😉 I'm not one to risk my life perhaps go inside yourself

[@nigelbarker4135]

Your a workaholic Ant🫡👍👏👏👏

[@TrekkingExploration]

All a pleasure, thank you for watching

[@stuartbrown2522]

Who is responsible for mainting the tunnel and the waterfall ?