Latest Red Wheel Sites

Opened 1830 as a wooden pier with horse-drawn tramway.  At 2.16 kms, the current iron structure is the longest pleasure pier in the world.

Britain’s last substantial 2 ft gauge industrial railway opened 20 November 1919 to transport casting sand from Double Arches sand quarries.

One of only two working transporter bridges in Britain and the largest of its kind in the world.

The Stockton & Darlington Railway's Carriage Works of 1853, restored in the 1990s for the construction and repair of steam locomotives

Britain's first Municipal Airport (1930), with original Hangar, Passenger Terminal Building and oldest continuously used Control Tower (1933)

Arch of Brindley's masonry aqueduct of 1761, to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the River Irwell. Replaced 1893 by the unique iron Swing Aqueduct

The world's first underground railway opened from Paddington to Farringdon via Baker Street Station on 10th January 1863

Houses the oldest beam engine in the world able to fulfill its original role - pumping water to the summit of the Kennet & Avon Canal

A flight of 16 locks, in total 64m deep. Opened in 1805 to unite the Peak Forest Canals, previously connected by a horse-drawn tramway.

This elegant aqueduct, designed by Benjamin Outram and built 1784 - 1800, is the tallest masonry-arch aqueduct in the UK