Leaderfoot Viaduct — Attraction in Scotland

Wow what a sight. What a sight. Stunning. Just stunning. Wide open place. You can get right up to the point of the viaduct but cant cross it. There is parking on the road for 3 cars as there is a point on the road to the viewpoint that cars are not allowed so look out for this. Amazing wheel chair access by car only. It has a bridge by the side of it that you can go out on to for photos videos etc. This place gets surprisingly busy with locals. They must love it just as much as I do. Many people buy their dinner in the local pizzeria or chip shop and just come sit aside the viaduct with their dinner. There is no toilets here for public use but it is the great outdoors and there is a river running through the viaduct so......anyway photos and videos are attached for...

The viaduct was opened on 16 November 1863 to carry the Berwickshire Railway, which connected Reston with St Boswells, via Duns and Greenlaw.

The engineers of the railway were Charles Jopp and Wylie & Peddie.

The railway was severely damaged by flooding during August 1948, with 7 bridges on the line failing, and the line closed to passenger traffic on 13 August 1948...Freight trains continued to run across the viaduct as far as Greenlaw until 19 July 1965.

In 1981, the poor condition of the viaduct meant that it was due to be demolished.

It was upgraded from Category B to A listing in 1986...Historic Scotland took over control of the viaduct from British...

Leaderfoot Viaduct is a tranquil place, there is plenty of free parking in a lay-by off the road, enough for 10-15 cars. There are 2 bridges nearby, one is a footbridge, one is a road bridge. You can walk across the footbridge taking pictures and getting a great view, unfortunately you cannot walk along the viaduct, however there are walking routes near it. There are free paper pamphlets on the signs overlooking the via duct to learn more about it. When i went at midday it was not very busy, i could easily get parked and plenty of room...