Monsal Head Viaduct & Headstone Tunnel - Victorian Engineering Perfection

Pay attention 007. This is what hiking is all about. I walked this route just after the tunnel re opened in 2011. Epic.

Brilliant video Ant!
Great archive footage, especially of the Blue Pullman crossing the viaduct. 🙂👍

Please keep up the good work. Great videos!

great video

Hi there
thanks for doing this film. have been to the Monsel Head Hotel and looked down on this but did not have time to walk it. Caroline.

I think the “tension rods” are not structural , I believe they are just to stop rope swings from the deck above , yes people are that daft …

As 12 year old school boys we abseiled off the viaduct for our introduction to abseiling 1982. I wonder if they would let kids do it nowadays

I've been walking this route for years. There's always something else you notice on each visit.

Beautiful video. I love the way you use the grand music for grand constructions. I'm not sure having a train and a path crossing the viaduct is such a good idea though. I think they would be a bit too close for comfort.

Great video Ant. Walk this 8 years ago when on holiday. Need to go back

Thanks once again for the brilliant video, I love the viaduct a fantastic bit of engineering that we probably couldn't do today.
I'm so lucky to live just 4 miles away from hewenden viaduct near cullingworth. Keep up the exemplary standard you put in your content. 👍👍👍

Marvellous video (again) and a fabulous tunnel and viaduct. Can't wait for the next part! Derbyshire is magnificent.

Excellent video Ant, could have looked very different in monsal Dale as if the Lancashire Derbyshire and East Coast railway had been built it would have crossed the Midland line after the viaduct on an iron viaduct that would have been the highest in Britain
Cheers Russ

when I was 7 years old my dad and I walked through the tunnel the track was down. In 1967 he told me about the dragon you see the soot on the walls from the smoke thank you for this memory

Incredible video! Very well put together. I love how informative it was and how you edited it all together. Keep up the great work dude

Absolutely epic production in this series 👍🏻The choice of filming techniques and stirring music and old footage was very moving and the narrative too. As much as I'd like to see track and trains once more, I'd hate how they'd have to make it safe and envisage an ugly barrier between track and trek. It can also be a busy route with a mixture of users and they don't always respect each other, sadly, so by narrowing it, it'd be a bloodbath 😂 Looking forward to future episodes😊

Rode the train through many years ago from Leicester to Manchester. Then 2 years ago I rode the route both ways by bike with my youngest son. The views are fantastic as is the whole area as far as scenery goes. It's been very enjoyable to see the viaduct from below as that's one viewpoint I haven't seen it from. Thanks for super video Ant, really grateful for the effort you made to get those shots!

Nice walk in a nice landscape

Excellent video what drone do you use?

Every year I walk this line to Bakewell..the view from the viaduct is my heart's desire. All that is beautiful about this country. Every year until I can't walk any more. Then I'll get an electric bike. The next most fab view is on a train across the Harringworth viaduct. ❤

Wonderful stuff again, thanks Ant.

Ruskin was wrong🙄 What a glorious structure, complementing the countryside. Amazing to have built it straight out of the tunnel but to have a bend in it, well, that's just showing off😂😂😂 Superb episode Ant👍👍👍👍 (What have I told you before about standing too close to the edge??!!!)

Headstone tunnel is indeed an absolute marvel, turning almost 90 degrees and descending toward Monsal Head. Remarkable. Having said that, Haddon tunnel was equally remarkable for its "cut and cover" construction. However, this came at a cost, payed for in human lives.

Thankyou for this episode 👍👌

Really enjoying this series. Wonderful scenery. We have walked it many times. Looking forward to part 3.

Stunningly good structures, but that's what we expect from the Victorians. If only we could make anything as attractive and functional now. I doubt whether much built in the last few decades will stand the test of time. I'd never seen footage of trains going over the viaduct...fabulous!

There's One Thing That Stands Out Above All Others Ant, And That's Not Just Your Wonderful Footage And Dialogue But The Music Scores You Add To Them. A Cut Above IMO And I Always Look Forward To Your Next Trek. Keep Doing What You're Doing Matey, You're a Star. 👍

Great series Ant. Just watched Parts 1&2 back to back. Really enjoyed them. The drone footage combined with the archive film and photos really highlights what the line was like. Fingers crossed that it does eventually get reopened.
Looking forward to Part 3 👍🏼😊

What a brilliant video thanks Ant. Love those bridges. Of course the viaduct is fantastic. Loved the area too. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

I travelled this line in 1965 on our way to 3 years in Zambia of steam and Garretts.
Superb drone footage especially the low level pass along the top.
Lots of love.
David and Lily.

Brilliant video, your enthusiasm is so infectious, and the scenery, and the landscape is amazing. Keep up the great videos.