Images of Prestleigh viaduct - demolished in 1993 - available for immediate download. All part of the Trust's extensive collection of over 3500 S&D photos.

Two excellent photos (copyright Pete Harlow) showing Prestleigh Viaduct before and after. This was possibly the cruellest thing to happen to the S&D post-closure.

Prestleigh Viaduct, of which nothing now remains. Evercreech New station stood conveniently on the edge of Evercreech village next to a lime kiln, which once provided considerable business for the railway. Milk traffic was also prevalent here.

Remembering Prestleigh viaduct over the years of going past it and taking pictures of it & when it had finally gone.

Brought under joint ownership in 1876, the S&DJR was used for freight and local passenger traffic over the Mendip Hills, and for weekend holiday traffic to Bournemouth. Criticised as the "Slow and Dirty" or the "Slow and Doubtful", it closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching axe despite protests from the local community.

Apr 19, 2020 · This viaduct survives today as a Grade II listed structure, and can be viewed from Kilver Court. The second photo focuses on Prestleigh Viaduct, which survived until the late 80’s before being demolished by controlled explosion.

Also a part of the parish is Prestleigh which was on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The viaduct that carried it over the village was demolished in 1996; the railway itself had been out of use for a number of years before this. There …