Discover Bennerley Viaduct, the ‘Iron Giant’
The Visitor Centre cafe currently opens Thursday & Friday 10am-2:30pm & Saturday & Sunday 10am-3pm, depending on the availability of volunteers. Please bear with us as we continue to recruit and build our team. Please note that we stop serving hot drinks half an hour before closing to allow us to catch up on orders and clean the coffee machine. Cold drinks and food are available up until close.
Travel information can be found here.
- EXPLORE Britain’s longest iron viaduct and its views, 18 metres above the Erewash Valley.
- EXPERIENCE the quarter-mile-long skywalk on foot or wheels – free to enter and accessible to all.
- DISCOVER a hidden world beneath this industrial icon; a maze of iron girders and rivets that is home to many species of wildlife.
- VISIT our exhibition and immerse yourself in the history of this grade II* listed marvel of Victorian innovation.
- ENJOY a relaxing pit-stop at our café, serving a locally sourced menu all year round.
- JOIN one of our regular walking tours, special events or volunteer groups.
Upcoming events
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Bat hunt at Bennerley Viaduct (with pie & peas supper)
Come bat spotting with us at The Iron Giant, enjoy a locally made pie and mushy peas supper before experiencing dusk and hopefully bats!
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Guided tour for Heritage Open Day
Join a special Heritage Open Day tour of Bennerley Viaduct, one of only two wrought iron viaducts nationally, and its beautiful surroundings. The viaduct is an engineering marvel and a…
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Bennerley Viaduct guided tour: the Steampunk Special!
Calling all time-travellers, aeronauts and steampunk enthusiasts! Prepare your goggles and ready your airships. A day of retro-futuristic wonder awaits at Britain’s ultimate iron marvel – Bennerley Viaduct Learn about…
News
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Iron-2-Iron bike ride is back!
Spurred on by a successful tour last year, the Iron to Iron cycle ride is going ‘back2back’! The national bike ride fundraiser for Friends of Bennerley Viaduct kicks off on Sunday 13th September and this time the peloton is starting in the east. The intrepid cyclists plan to ride from Great Yarmouth to Bennerley Viaduct,…
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Chips with everything
Our hard-working team of volunteers have been busy making improvements to footpaths on and around the site. Completion of the visitor centre has allowed the vehicular route below the viaduct to be reopened, enabling us to take delivery of much-needed woodchip. Volunteers have been hard at work with wheelbarrows and rakes to reinstate the woodland…
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Solstice draws the crowds
An estimated 2000 people – the most believed to have ever been on the deck at one time – assembled on Bennerley Viaduct to view the partial eclipse of the sun on August 12th. Crowds converged on the deck of the viaduct to get a grandstand view of the celestial spectacle, setting up deck chairs…
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