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A Vision for Bennerley Viaduct Friends of Bennerley Viaduct A Vision for Bennerley Viaduct Friends of Bennerley Viaduct 2019 Type to enter text Our vision is to create an inspirational green space, with Bennerley Viaduct as its centrepiece where the rich industrial, natural and literary heritage of the Erewash Valley can be enjoyed, understood and celebrated by everyone. A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !1 Introduction Bennerley Viaduct is a grade 2* listed wrought iron railway viaduct built in 1877 and last used for rail traffic in 1968. It is about ¼ of a mile long (442 metres) and just over 60 feet high (18.5 metres), straddling the River Erewash between Awsworth in Nottinghamshire and Ilkeston in Derbyshire. A major project is underway to make it available for cycle and foot traffic, and to facilitate the appreciation of this historic structure'. A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !2 Preface not resubmit the bid. This decision The Friends of Bennerley Viaduct effectively halted the project. was formed in 2015 to support the £8 million plan being developed by Responsibility to develop a Sustrans to restore the viaduct and smaller project was passed to the bring it back into use as a walking viaduct’s owners, Railway Paths and cycling trail. From the outset, Ltd, (RPL) a sister charity to the Friends Group enthusiastically Sustrans. RPL, in partnership with promoted the project and worked the Friends Group, are currently tirelessly to help realise that vision. developing a smaller £0.5m project, The Friends group became focussed on carrying out some principal partners in the project. critical repairs and providing much needed access to both the deck and underside of the viaduct. A £40,000 Heritage Lottery funded project to raise awareness and Whilst the Friends Group assess support for restoring the welcomes the proposed repairs viaduct and bringing it into use for and access arrangements, it views public access was delivered in this as the irst phase of an 2016. In 2017, a further bid was incremental approach to made to HLF for £4.6m but this bid developing and delivering a project was unsuccessful. The project similar in size and scale to the narrowly missed securing this original one. funding at its Nirst attempt but the HLF board considered the project Our ambitious proposals are set to be a strong one and out in more detail below. in Our recommended re-submission. aim is to engage and work with all sections of the community to In early 2018, Sustrans decided realise this eXciting vision. that the viaduct project was not a strategic priority for them and did A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !3 About Our Project for this magniNicent wrought This will improve the health of iron structure. the local community. We will ensure that the viaduct and its 1. Working in partnership with 4. The viaduct will be connected to surrounds are accessible to all. owners RPL and other the area’s walking and cycling stakeholders, Bennerley Viaduct network. The viaduct will 8. Art and literature will form an will be restored and brought become the iconic centrepiece important part of the project. back into use as a walking and of the Great Northern Greenway We will promote the viaduct cycling trail. being developed by the and surrounds as a vibrant Nottinghamshire and cultural centre. We will 2. Friends and volunteers will Derbyshire County Councils. It celebrate the literary heritage of maintain and care for the will also connect both arms of this part of the valley which was viaduct, safeguarding the the Erewash Valley Trail. the setting for many of D.H. structure for future generations Lawrence novels. to enjoy. 5. Access will be created to the deck and the area underneath 9. Partnerships with schools and and around the viaduct so the colleges will ensure that rich industrial heritage of the educational and training Erewash Valley can be fully opportunities will be developed. appreciated and enjoyed. 10.The knowledge, skills, drive and 6. Friends and volunteers will passion of this community will maintain and enhance the be harnessed to create a green natural heritage of this part of public space which will help to the Erewash Valley, by regenerate this part of the managing the land to increase Erewash Valley. biodiversity. 3. The achievements of our 7. An inspirational green space Victorian engineers and those will be created providing who constructed the viaduct opportunities for the will be celebrated. We will share community to walk and cycle. our admiration and enthusiasm A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !4 Bennerley Viaduct About the Structure 1. Bennerley Viaduct is over quarter of a mile 6. The viaduct was built on ground made long. It is the longest wrought iron Viaduct in the unstable by mining subsidence and was made British Isles straddling the Erewash Valley light and flexible to cope with any movement. between Ilkeston (Derbyshire) and Awsworth The viaduct took eighteen months to build, 9. The viaduct was built to carry coal but (Nottinghamshire.) opening to rail traffic in 1878. throughout its life it carried a variety of goods 2. The viaduct is a structure at risk through 7. The viaduct is a “floating structure”. It is not disuse but is protected by its Grade II* listed physically tied into the ground. The piers sit on status. It is maintained by RPL and volunteers. It cast iron baseplates which rest on brick pier is both a local and national treasure. bases. It is held in place by gravity. 3. There is only one other viaduct of its type left 8. The Viaduct survived bombing in the Zeppelin in the country (Meldon Viaduct Devon), but air raid attack on January 31st 1916. Bennerley is considerably longer. It has also remained unaltered since its construction in 1878. 4. The viaduct is a local viaduct with all the metal and passengers. Following the Beeching components having been prefabricated in Derby. Report, the line closed in 1968 after over 90 The parts were transported to Bennerley and years in use. assembled on site using over half a million rivets. 10.British Rail attempts to demolish the viaduct were thwarted by local people, councils 5. The viaduct was designed by Richard and special interest groups who considered the Johnson and Samuel Abbott as part of the viaduct was an invaluable part of our Great Northern Railway’s Derby and industrial and railway heritage Staffordshire extension (also known as the Friargate Line) A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !5 Bennerley Viaduct Timeline A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !6 The Friends of Bennerley Viaduct the group into an Associative Charitable Incorporated Organisation, About the Group as this will provide us with the appropriate structure and governance 1. The Friends of Bennerley Viaduct to deliver a substantial project. (FoBV) was formed in 2015 to support the Sustrans plan to restore Bennerley 5. The Friends of Bennerley Viaduct are Viaduct and bring it back into use as a committed to work in an open and walking and cycling trail transparent way with owners, landowners, MPs, elected 2. The FoBV is a thriving and active representatives, council ofNicers and group. Its interest in the viaduct and other societies and organisations. its surroundings is wide ranging. The Friends have made an immense contribution to the project so far by promoting the project; mounting exhibitions; organising events; engaging in volunteer workdays; raising funds; presenting illustrated talks; leading guided walks; producing interpretation materials and securing 3. The Friends Group fully support the political support for the project. smaller project, currently being developed in conjunction with Railway Paths Ltd (the owners of the structure) but aspire to something more. 4. The Friends Group has a clear and ambitious vision for the future of the viaduct and its surroundings and is taking steps to take ownership of the wider project. To bring this vision to fruition, the FoBV intends to convert A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !7 A VISION FOR BENNERLEY VIADUCT - 2019 !8 5. - make links with projects in this country Our Next Steps: and overseas where redundant industrial and transport infrastructure has been 2021 - 2028 2019 - 2021 converted into innovative and inspiring We will: green public places. Long Term Strategy 6. - identify priority areas for the neXt phase of the project and raise the necessary 1. The long term strategy is to develop the 1. - create the most appropriate structure for resources to deliver those priorities. project in a systematic and incremental our group to develop and deliver an way over the neXt ten years. It is not ambitious project. 7. - ensure that the Viaduct and its possible at this stage to give a detailed surroundings have a sustainable future. delivery timescale of all the tasks and 2. - identify ways of building capacity and initiatives which we would wish to eficiency of the FOBV and raise the undertake. However, the Friends Group, necessary funding to support this capacity along with other stakeholders, will identify building. priorities and secure the resources to take the project forwards stage by stage in a 3. - actively support the RPL led project due focussed way. to take place in 2019-2020 (subject to permissions being granted, funding raised 2. 2028 marks the 150th anniversary of the and RPL board approval) which will opening of viaduct, and by that stage, deliver critical repairs and access works'. Bennerley Viaduct will be established as We will promote the project, fundraise to being the centrepiece of the area’s walking support deined aspects, and actively and cycling network and the focal point in engage our large pool of volunteers on an inspirational green space which workdays. celebrates the industrial and natural heritage of the Erewash Valley.
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