Disused Railway Viaduct over River Wharfe (to north of town)

The disused railway viaduct over the River Wharfe, located to the north of Tadcaster, was constructed between 1846 and 1849, likely designed by engineer J C Birkinshaw for the York and North Midlands Railway Company. The structure is made of rough-faced magnesian limestone, featuring vermiculated millstone grit dressings and orange brick soffits. It consists of eleven arches, with seven land arches on the west side and two on the east. The two wider segmental arches that span the river rise from cutwaters that are rounded on the north side and flat on the south. The outer cutwaters are supported by paired pilasters, and the millstone grit voussoirs have chisel-draughted margins. The viaduct includes a band, parapet, and coping. It was originally built to create a more direct railway line between York and Leeds but was disused in 1883, when a line was laid to serve a mill on the east bank of the River Wharfe.