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Lambley, BRAMPTON, CA8 7LL

There is a fine view of the viaduct from the right side of the houses Image The two semi-detached houses are shown as Railway Cottages on the 1896 OS map and may have provided accommodation for railway signalmen and porters at Lambley Station which is just along the old trackbed on the left. The track to the right descends to Waughold Holme. Access down Bowden's Banks from the road to the west was originally via a track which crossed the railway on a bridge (now demolished) further south.

Not certain of the name of these cottages but they are up the bank from Waughold Holme. They may have been railworkers cottages when the Haltwhistle to Alston line was running. I think these cottages are called "Old Railway Cottages". Until fairly recently (and maybe still) they were occupied by a botanist. Information supplied by Helen Pearson.

As viewed from the top of the viaduct: pasture land around Waughold Holme.

Trackbed of the old railway which once ran from Haltwhistle to Alston http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/haltalst.htm http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Alston_Branch/frame.htm. Built in 1846, the line was recommended for closure by Beeching but was reprieved because there was no adequate road access to Alston in the worst of winter weather. The line was eventually closed in 1976. Much of the line now forms part of the South Tyne Trail for walkers and cyclists http://www.northpennines.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5187. The Trail is also followed some of the way by the Pennine Cycleway, route 68 of the National Cycle Network http://www.cycle-routes.org/penninecycleway/. About 200m to the north of this point, the continuity of the track is interrupted by a private garden which prevents access to the magnificent Lambley Viaduct from the south. The Pennine Cycleway has therefore at this point to climb up to join the A689 seen to the right of the junction.

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Photo taken from Lambley viaduct http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/lane/jy40/page47.html.

The black-and-white spot in the centre of the picture is a lapwing (peewit), one of several we saw in the fields around here.

Looking at Waughold Holme, from Lambley Viaduct. This section of cycle route 72 ends on the viaduct, to continue following the old Haltwhistle - Alston railway line, you need to back track about 1km and follow cycle route 68 onto A689, head south and join the old railway line just pass the right hand building in the picture. Lambley Viaduct is well worth the detour.

Lambley Station was opened on 21st May 1952 and closed to passengers on 3rd May 1976 and to goods on 12 September 1960. The station was staffed until 1966. The station house is now a private house.

For more information on the station, with photographs of it before and after closure, and a history of the railway line see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/lambley/index.shtml