Railway Wonders: An explorer's guide to Britain's greatest disused railway tunnels and viaducts (Wild Things)

£18.99

Railway Wonders features a spectacular collection of Britain’s 100 most noteworthy disused railway structures, from historic bridges to moody tunnels and soaring viaducts. Whilst many have been reborn into sustainable transport roles since redundancy claimed them, others await discovery amidst nature’s reclamation of these former industrial corridors.

Explore the awe-inspiring and often forgotten relics of Britain’s Victorian railway era. The book records the ambition, endeavour and sacrifices of the Victorian pioneers behind 100 engineering feats, with insights on how to find and explore them. Railway Wonders is a valuable companion for families seeking adventure, as well as for those fascinated by our railway’s rich social history and eye-catching landscape impacts.

Graeme Bickerdike is a writer and campaigner who has been exploring, researching and photographing Britain’s legacy railway structures for 20 years. He is an advocate for the sympathetic management and repurposing of these engineering feats, as well as celebrating them on the forgottenrelics.org website.

The book is divided into chapers, each covering a region of Britain and within the chapters, entries are included for each tunnel or viaduct. Each entry consists of a series of colour photographs, a brief history and information on the location and getting to the location by road or public transport. 256 pages.