page_title: Skipton–Ilkley line
hierarchical_section_title: Skipton–Ilkley line
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a shot of the derelict Lobb Ghyll Viaduct, an incredible five arch construction hidden away in a bluebell wood by the River Wharfe to the south of Bolton Bridge in Yorkshire. Like most of the old railway structures in the area, it is hewn from a local type of rock called millstone grit. It was built by the Midland Railway in 1888 to connect Ilkley and Skipton. This stretch of the line was closed in 1965 in the Beeching Axe but a part of it lives on in the form of the Embsay Steam Railway which begins at Bolton Abbey Station, just over half a mile up the old line to the north of this spot.
context_page_description: The Skipton–Ilkley line is the route that the Midland Railway took to link the towns of Skipton and Ilkley via the villages of Embsay, Bolton Abbey and Addingham.
context_section_description: The Skipton–Ilkley line is the route that the Midland Railway took to link the towns of Skipton and Ilkley via the villages of Embsay, Bolton Abbey and Addingham.
caption: The overgrown viaduct across Lobb Ghyll on the Skipton to Ilkley Line between Bolton Abbey and Addingham stations.
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