This impressive structure spanning the River Till carried the Tweedmouth to Kelso railway line that was closed in the early 1960s. Built in 1849, it was recently upgraded to allow public access over the bridge thereby linking in with a network of public footpaths. The 6-arch viaduct, also known as St Cuthbert’s Viaduct, is a grade 2 listed structure under the care of BRB (Residuary) Ltd who are responsible for the remaining assets of the British Railways Board.
"Says Tweed to Till— 'What gars ye rin sae still?' Says Till to Tweed— 'Though ye rin with speed And I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon I droon twa.'"
Anonymous 17th-century Northumbrian rhyme, included by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in his Oxford Book of English verse (1919)