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« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2006, 12:57:50 PM » |
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Belmont viaduct is a great spot. It's a real shame that there's no circular walk from Durham down one side of the river then back across the other. The riverside footpath stops a little downstream on the east side of the viaduct. I think one of the ideas behind the Necklace Park project ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/5277210.stm) was to open up the area and link up green pockets. I don't know what's become of the project. I've got a few photos of Belmont Viaduct at http://nisbet.fotopic.net/c917699.htmlDougie |
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« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2006, 09:30:18 AM » |
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The Necklace Park project is up and running, and there are plans to open a cycleway/walkway over the viaduct, to link Belmont and Newton Hall, lottery bid and funding is pending though
I think it's beautiful, a fabulous structure
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« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2006, 11:31:59 AM » |
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The Necklace Park project is up and running, and there are plans to open a cycleway/walkway over the viaduct
That sounds fantastic. It could be a really stunning feature on a cycle/walking route. I wonder how it'll sit with the bypass scheme; I thought one of the proposed routes was planned to carve through the valley around this area. |
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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2006, 12:30:02 PM » |
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Oh it is, but these days being sustainable wins you funding, our cycleway/walkway is already in the early stages of planning and funding applications, if we can purchase the land it'll be a go-er.
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« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2006, 12:47:12 PM » |
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Belmont viaduct is a great spot. It's a real shame that there's no circular walk from Durham down one side of the river then back across the other. The riverside footpath stops a little downstream on the east side of the viaduct. I think one of the ideas behind the Necklace Park project ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/5277210.stm) was to open up the area and link up green pockets. I don't know what's become of the project. I've got a few photos of Belmont Viaduct at http://nisbet.fotopic.net/c917699.htmlDougie Hi dill, a belated welcome to the forum. I like your photo site, had a quick look around today (any chance of a link back?) Dave |
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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2006, 02:10:52 PM » |
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(any chance of a link back?)
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« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2008, 09:20:16 AM » |
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ok - curiousity got the better of me. I came to have a look why this thread has thousands of hits since it was last posted 2 years ago - and do you know what I find - nowt out of the ordinary. Only the necklace project link works - the old picture links to the vaiduct no-longer work, that just leaves a little of the usual wacky comments, but I assure you folk, there's nothing here worth looking at to justify 4000 plus hits?  Or did I miss something  |
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« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2008, 10:12:34 AM » |
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If the search was for 'Belmont Viaduct', then this thread is obviously being found with the link, which visitors may well then follow. It counts as a 'read' on this thread, even though the visit may just have been a transitory one. Belmont Viaduct is obviously interesting to a lot of people.  |
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« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2008, 08:24:08 PM » |
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Curiosty got to me too
Never heard of it before ??
Why is it not accesable to the public ? huge fence ? or something ??
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« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2008, 09:16:21 AM » |
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It is a fantastic structure IMO, but years ago bridges engineers declared it unsafe for people to walk on, the safety rails along the side of it are well dodgy, and it'd cost a lot to repair when technically, these days it doesn't go anywhere. So they put huge ugly barriers up at each end (I climbed over one a few years ago to walk onto the viaduct and get some photos, the views where breath taking)
As part of the Necklace Park project, the plan is to repair the viaduct and make it accessible once again whic is something I'd love to see as it's stunning
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