Cathealds of the countryside

While it is relatively simple to re-purpose former stations, sheds and signal boxes into something else, other legacy structures are a bit more complicated. Just what do you do with a redundant railway bridge, for example? Steam Railway takes a look at a few notable examples to find out.

You’ll never forget your first sight of the bridge 100 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. It runs from the County Antrim clifftop to the rocky island of Carrick-a-Rede. Erected in 1775, the bridge enabled

For 5000 years a boulder stood unremarked in a Dorset valley, until one summer day an archaeologist noticed something curious about it...

Yorkshire is a vast and varied county. Historically it had three distinctive Ridings: North, East and West. People from the West Riding come to the East Riding to be near the sea, whereas we live in t

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism–and there are far more of them than you might imagine, says Tom Howells

An envelope of old pictures has turned Chris Leigh ’s thoughts to narrow gauge and how times have changed where ready-to-run narrow gauge is concerned.