Object description

Bennerley Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct spanning the Erewash Valley between Awsworth and Ilkeston in central England. Restoration work to create a public walkway scheduled to start from March 2020 was quickly suspended due to industry lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bennerley was built in 1877 but closed to rail traffic in 1968, as part of the Beeching cuts. It was sold to conservation group Railway Paths Ltd in 1998.