Hengoed Viaduct, Scenic Overlooks, at Maesycwmmer, Wales.
N 51° 38.813 W 003° 13.399
30U E 484548 N 5721788
Hengoed Viaduct is a disused railway bridge, which has North & South Scenic Viewing platforms, The bridge crosses the Rhymney River and Valley, at Maesycwmmer, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMD7QG
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/02/2011
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The Hengoed Viaduct is also known as the Maesycwmmer Viaduct but was originally referred to as the Rhymney Viaduct. Whichever name you prefer, it is one of Wales’s most striking monuments of railway engineering. One of the oldest surviving viaducts of its type, an impressive landmark which has dominated the landscape of the Mid Rhymney Valley for over 150 years. Consisting of 16 arches towering 120 feet high at its highest point and 284 yards long, the Hengoed viaduct is slightly curved.
Hengoed Viaduct, Scenic View points, are on the National Cycle route 47, Also known as the Celtic Trail, which runs over this impressive Viaduct.
(Starting from the Hengoed Viaduct which spans the Rhymney River & Valley, this green traffic-free path through the valleys connects country parks and heritage sites. At Hengoed you pass the magnificent ‘Wheel of Drams' artwork, an eight-metre high sculpture, constructed from old coal carts, known as ‘drams'. The route also takes you through two country parks: Parc Penalta Country Park and Parc Taf Bargoed.
The area has a rich industrial heritage with large areas of newly landscaped land, regenerated from old industrial workings. This regeneration of this post-industrial landscape has been successful - woodlands and wildlife are now returning to an area once black with coal dust and littered with waste from the mines.
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