aav[23]/bri[23] - western face

{UPDATED} aav - Alston Arches Viaduct

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Railway bridge over the River South Tyne on the outskirts of Haltwhistle.
A number of images taken over the years showing both spate and low flow conditions, and some of the resulting scour holes {noticeably worse by April 2025 / July 2026}.
Designed by GB Bruce, built in stone from a local quarry [just outside the nearby village of Fourstones] and completed in March 1851. Originally carried the …  (read more)
  • aav[05] - River Tyne at Alston Arches
  • aav[10] /bri[10] / gbw[10] - spate dropping
  • aav[11] / gbw[11] - Alston arches
  • aav[12] / gbw[12] - Tyne in spate (June 2012)
  • aav[12] / gbw[12] - it was raining upstream
  • aav[12] / gbw[12] - water rail
  • aav[12] / gbw[12] - high spate
  • aav[13] / wst[13] / gbw[13] - flooding at the arches
  • aav[13] / gbw[13] - killfrost gates May2013
  • gbw[14] / aav[14] - low water at the arches
  • aav[15] - under the arches
  • aav[15] / css[15] - shepherd's delight
  • aav[15] / gbw[15] - R. South Tyne in Nov 2015
  • aav[15] / wst[15] - Alston Arches {6th Dec 2015}
  • aav[15] / wst[15] - pier flow {Storm Desmond}
  • aav[20] / wst[20] - Alston Arches after Storm Dennis {11-[15/16th]-18th Feb 2020}
  • aav[20] / wst[20] - underneath the arch {21Feb2020}
  • aav[20] / wst[20] - Alston Arches after Storm Dennis
  • aav[23] - The Arches, summer 2023 {1 of 2}
  • aav[23] - The Arches, summer 2023 {2 of 2}
  • aav[23] - offset tunnel
  • aav[23]/bri[23] - western face
  • aav[23] - watching {1 of 2}
  • aav[23]- watching {2 of 2}
  • aav[24] - calming down {1 of 2}
  • aav[24] - calming down {2 of 2}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {1 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {2 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {3 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {4 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {5 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {6 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {7 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {8 of 9}
  • aav[24] - Walk over the arches : 28Oct2024 {9 of 9}
  • aav[24] - icy weir {1 of 5}
  • aav[24] - icy weir {2 of 5}
  • aav[24] - icy weir {3 of 5}
  • aav[24] - icy weir {4 of 5}
  • aav[24] - icy weir close-up {5 of 5}
  • aav[25] - erosion {1 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {2 of 10} timber piling
  • aav[25] - erosion {3 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {4 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {5 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {6 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {7 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {8 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {9 of 10}
  • aav[25] - erosion {10 of 10} [Explored]
  • aav[25] - erosion II {1 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {2 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {3 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {4 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {5 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {6 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {7 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {8 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {9 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {10 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {11 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {12 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {13 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {14 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {15 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {16 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {17 of 18}
  • aav[25] - erosion II {18 of 18}
  • s&w[??] - banks of the Tyne {1 of 4}
  • s&w[??] - banks of the Tyne {2 of 4}
  • s&w[??] - banks of the Tyne {3 of 4}
  • s&w[??] - banks of the Tyne {4 of 4}
  • aav[25] - playing {1 of 3}
  • aav[25] - playing {2 of 3}
  • aav[25] - playing {3 of 3}
  • wst/aav[26] - Icy Tyne {1 of 3}
  • wst/aav[26] - Icy Tyne {2 of 3} [Explored]
  • wst/aav[26] - Icy Tyne {3 of 3}
  • aav[26] - Erosion iii [July 2026] - { 1 of 14 }
  • aav[26] - Erosion iii [July 2026] - { 2 of 14 }
  • aav[26] - Erosion iii [July 2026] - { 3 of 14 }
  • aav[26] - Erosion iii [July 2026] - { 4 of 14 }
  • aav[26] - Erosion iii [July 2026] - { 5 of 14 }
  • aav[26] - Erosion iii [July 2026] - { 6 of 14 }
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