Wilden Viaduct

Wilden Viaduct is a railway viaduct built between 1859 and 1860 by the Severn Valley Railway, with engineers John Fowler and Henry Bridgeman overseeing its construction. The structure is made of coursed red sandstone and red brick and features five segmental arches that stretch approximately 70 meters over the River Stour, a footpath, and water meadows. The most prominent span is a skew arch located at the center, measuring about 20 meters on the skew and 8 meters on the square. This central span is adorned with sandstone facing, sandstone voussoirs, and a brick intrados. The viaduct's ends are joined by massive curved abutments also faced in sandstone. Each arch has a span of around 7.6 meters, with spandrels faced in sandstone and brick on both the extrados and intrados, supported by sandstone piers that have projecting sandstone imposts just below the springing line. Low sandstone parapets crown both sides of the structure, which stands approximately 20 meters above the river. It is believed that the stone used for the viaduct was quarried from a site about 500 meters east of the structure.

Historically, the viaduct was part of the Severn Valley Railway, which connected Hartlebury to Shrewsbury and opened in 1862. It was operated by the West Midland Railway until it was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1872. The railway line was closed in 1981 and has since been converted into a footpath. The viaduct is noted for its handsome and unaltered design, representing an important piece of the Severn Valley Railway's history from 1860.