John O Gaunt Viaduct / East Norton Tunnel

BikinGlynn · Jan 4, 2015

A couple of months ago myself, the lad & stealth dog spent an afternoon exploring the old Market Harborough to Melton Line.
Have thrown these two in together as they are just a few miles apart on the same line.
Taken with my poor camera again, but hope u enjoy.

John O Gaunt viaduct good to see it still standing.

PB090084 by bikinglynn, on Flickr

Norton Viaduct stood a few miles South of here but was destroyed. I have a picture somewhere of me riding my mountain bike across it as a kid!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpGO9crmP7M

PB090089 by bikinglynn, on Flickr

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East Norton tunnel is in great condition, with most of the gravel track bed remaining. It has been used for storage but doesn't appear to of been for a fair while now.

PB300076 by bikinglynn, on Flickr

Starting Em Young.

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Taken by my 9yr old!

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The Wombat · Jan 10, 2015

Can't believe I missed this report
A big fan of both the viaduct and East Norton tunnel
thanks for sharing

BikinGlynn · Jan 11, 2015

Hope I have done it some justice, haven seen em on here for a while!
As mentioned before thee places are great cos they r not "too risky" so I can take the lad who is fascinated by them!

The Wombat · Jan 11, 2015

East Norton is a nice one
Theres plenty more tunnels & culverts to explore...
Have you done Clawson tunnel yet? Thats twice the length of East Norton
There are around a dozen other derelict tunnels around the county

BikinGlynn · Jan 11, 2015

The Wombat said:
East Norton is a nice one
Theres plenty more tunnels & culverts to explore...
Have you done Clawson tunnel yet? Thats twice the length of East Norton
There are around a dozen other derelict tunnels around the county

Not yet but gonna go back. I am Gretton born & bred so used to spend a lot of time as a kid around Morcott tunnel, sneaking onto harringworth viaduct & even walked a fair way into Gretton tunnel!
I have a photo somewhere of us riding mountainbikes over East Norton viaduct... which they have now destroyed by explosion.

The Wombat · Jan 11, 2015

BikinGlynn said:
Not yet but gonna go back. I am Gretton born & bred so used to spend a lot of time as a kid around Morcott tunnel, sneaking onto harringworth viaduct & even walked a fair way into Gretton tunnel!
I have a photo somewhere of us riding mountainbikes over East Norton viaduct... which they have now destroyed by explosion.

I was away for a year, came back from Australia and the viaduct had vanished
shame it's gone