Royal Border Bridge III
Royal Border Bridge spans the River Tweed between Berwick-upon-Tweed (the northernmost town in England) and Tweedmouth in Northumberland, England.
It is a Grade I listed railway viaduct built between 1847 and 1850, when it was opened by Queen Victoria. The engineer who designed it was the famous Robert Stephenson (son of George Stephenson). It was built for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway and is still in regular use today, as part of the East Coast Main Line.
The bridge is 659 metres long. It has 28 arches (not all arches visible here), constructed of brick but aesthetically faced with stone. The bridge is 38 metres above the river itself. In the 1990s it underwent significant repair work for the first time.
Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix.
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Royal Border Bridge III belongs to the following groups:
HDR Photography, Heritage in Stone, History, Landscape Photography, This is England, UK to Australia and Back and United KingdomAvailable for sale as Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Andrew Ness, 28 days ago
Fantastic shot this….....never been across there before, always nice to see something new.
SkyFox, 28 days ago
Speechless – To Favs!
hilarydougill, 28 days ago
gorgeous capture tom, wondrous view and great brige. hugs
Mar Silva, 28 days ago
Beautiful colors, composition and scenery!
Maureen Bloesch, 28 days ago
lovely capture:>))
Linda Morrison, 28 days ago
Lovely Tom.You framed the bridge nicely.;-]
Gwenda Oxley, 28 days ago
Absolute perfection Tom!
cherylc1, 28 days ago
fabulous scenery and colors- wonderful composition!
Tim Denny, 28 days ago
Nice shot and composition Tom
Joanne Bradley, 28 days ago
Great shot! I like all three!
Irene Burdell, 27 days ago
Fabulous capture and a great bridge.
Dave Law, 27 days ago
Wonderful scene Tom, I love the colours. A great series.
Trudi ~, 27 days ago
Great looking bridge Tom,wonderful capture
Trainman, 27 days ago
I have been over it on the train a couple of times years ago Tom if you are of a nervous disposition looking down when crossing one tends to have very white knuckles this is a magnificent picture Tom.with a very accurate history
Jen Whyte, 27 days ago
Superb image Tom
Sean Farragher, 27 days ago
great shot
Gary Murison, 27 days ago
Excellent work.
Robin Brown, 25 days ago
Now I wonder if you’ve ever read this story Tom. I read this a long time ago. Merlin was beaten up & thrown into the Tweed & drowned not very far from this location. The story claims that this deed was carried out by some soldiers. I cant remember all the story but that’s the bones of it; pun intended.
There are stories all over the UK about King Arthur & many of them relate to the Scottish Borders.
There’s a claim that King Arthur was based near Kelso. That too is a very interesting story. I saw a prog that went into great detail on this one.
All very interesting stuff & almost as interesting as your fine image of this fine bridge.
dinghysailor1, 21 days ago
fantastic image! well done on the deserving feature in the uk to oz group! congratulations!