Fantastic Victorian Structure – The Old Hockley Viaduct near Winchester
The viaduct, originally called the Shawford Viaduct, was built in the late 1880s by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It provided a link over the River Itchen and water meadows, from the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (DN&SR), to the LSWR’s main line. The DN&SR was originally intended to continue down the east side of the Itchen to Southampton, but had stalled at Winchester due to lack of funds. The viaduct crossed the valley to link the DN&SR to the LSWR, which ran (and still runs) down the west side of the valley.
The viaduct was last used by the railway on 2 April 1966. The line it carried closed as a result of the Beeching Axe, and is now open to walkers and cyclists as part of National Cycle Network Route 23
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