Welcome to 'Save the Waverley Viaduct' webpages

There is an on-going campaign to re-open the Waverley Viaduct. A petition to re-open the viaduct to the public was discussed at a full City Council meeting on 4 May 2010. The decision reached included a pledge that a representative of the petition's organisers should be 'involved and kept informed of progress'. This has not happened. Since then a sub-committee of Sustainable Carlisle 'The Save the Waverley Viaduct Group' have been working with the public, the media, council officers and supportive councillors to get the viaduct re-opened to the public sooner rather than later. A packed public meeting on Wednesday 7th September 2011 at Newtown Road Methodist Church Hall received an audio visual presentation on the issue and was extremely supportive of our cause. Currently BRBin residuary, the organisation in charge of the viaduct, are attempting to have planning permission for the 'temporary barrier' now in place extended for a further three years. We oppose this application as it will only further delay the re-opening of the viaduct and give the council a further excuse for doing nothing.

The two planning applications for extension of the barrier (one is listed structure application) were heard at planning committee on 11 November 2011.As a result of our objections and lobbying temporary permission to retain the barrier was only given for one year while the issues of the long term use of the viaduct are explored. One click on the 'Object to' link button will take you to the correct document.

Please use the links below for further information on our cause.