Historic bridges · London
Chalfont Viaduct
Chalfont Viaduct is a historic bridge in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
- Nearest railway station
- Denham Golf Club · 1.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Chalfont Viaduct is a named historic bridge in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.5823°, -0.5345°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Chalfont Viaduct (also known as the Misbourne Viaduct) is the first of two five-arch brick railway viaducts on the Chiltern Main Line in south-east England. It is located between Gerrards Cross and Denham Golf Club stations. The M25 motorway passes beneath it between junctions 16 and 17 at Gerrards Cross near Chalfont St Peter, from where the bridge gets its name. The bridge is known as Chalfont No. 1 Viaduct; the longer Chalfont No. 2 Viaduct is a short distance to the west and spans the A413. The bridge is noted as a local landmark because for ten years it bore a graffiti slogan, "give peas a chance" painted in large white letters on the south-facing parapet. As of March 2024, it bears the slogan "helta▪skelta" (added in 2021).
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Background
Architecture
The Chalfont Viaduct is built of blue and black engineering brick with additional decorative brickwork. The bridge is approximately 12.5 m high, although it varies in height due to changing ground level, and it has five semi-elliptical arches, each 15.5 m wide. It was constructed between 1902 and 1906 by the Great Western Railway (GWR) to carry trains on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway between London and across the River Misbourne. It was designed by James Charles Inglis, chief civil engineer of the GWR, and assistant engineer Robert Cherry Sikes. In the mid-1980s the construction of the M25 motorway required the Misbourne to be diverted via underground concrete culverts.…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5823, -0.5345
- District
- Buckinghamshire
- Parish
- Gerrards Cross
- Postcode
- SL9 8DT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Nearest railway station
- Denham Golf Club — 1.1 km
Sources
- osm: w382714239 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Chalfont Viaduct (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Give Peas A Chance - geograph.org.uk - 1723109.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chalfont Viaduct?
- Chalfont Viaduct is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SL9 8DT), in the parish of Gerrards Cross.
- Who owns Chalfont Viaduct?
- Chalfont Viaduct is owned by Network Rail.
- Is Chalfont Viaduct a protected site?
- Yes — Chalfont Viaduct is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Chalfont Viaduct free to visit?
- Yes, Chalfont Viaduct is free to enter.
- How do I get to Chalfont Viaduct?
- The nearest railway station is Denham Golf Club, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SL9 8DT.