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These travel down the river over Ingleby’s Mill weir with the finishing post at Tadcaster road bridge dating from around 1700 prior to subsequent bridge extensions.

The river provides a wonderful backdrop flowing through  the centre of Tadcaster creating beautiful reflections and a continual changing backdrop.  During times of flooding the river breaks its banks creating a lake among the flood plain.  Rather than two arches spanning water during flooding the whole of the viaduct is sat spanning the temporary lake.

Railway Viaduct Over the River Wharfe, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire

The railway viaduct built in my home town of Tadcaster was built by George Hudson the ‘Railway King’ in 1849 over the river Wharfe.  It consists of eleven arches with two of the largest spanning the river.  It was meant to carry the main line between Leeds & York.  With the collapse of the George Hudson’s company the main line was redirected away from the viaduct.  Between 1883 & 1955 the viaduct was used to carry goods across the Wharfe to Ingleby’s Mill located on the east side of the river.   The structure is a Grade II listed building owned by Tadcaster Town Council and now has a footpath across the top. It is also used to drop thousands of plastic ducks into the Wharfe in the Tadcaster’s annual Duck Race.