It's great to see old railway infrastructure being repurposed like this rather than just being pulled down, I wish the folk who created it every success with it and I hope it becomes a permanent fixture for Manchester.
We moved from Salford to Old Trafford back in 1966 and all this area became my playground. There were about three old barges half submerged in the canals and I would step onto one of them and as it went down, I would jump onto the next before I got my feet wet, and then onto the next. What great fun. It`s a wonder I`m still here. Stupid when I think back. It`s so nice to see that the area is being looked after. Can`t wait to see it finished. Another great video Martin.
I didn't even know this was a thing until they announced it was open the other day. It looks like they've done a good job! Let's hope this leads to bigger and better things for renovating and repurposing the many amazing places of this city so a new generation can enjoy it!
Absolutely brilliant. What a fantastic use of an unused space. Such a good idea, and it looks beautiful. Tremendously professional looking video, too, even by your normal high standards. Nice one. Interestingly, Paul and Rebecca Whitewick's video tonight features a radically repurposed railway tunnel. Your videos definitely complement each other tonight.
Cracking video Martin, thank you for bringing such a unique and worthy project to our attention. They're open again on 18th February 2023. Hope it becomes a permanent fixture, and many more are created like this one too.
I'm so happy to see these renovations are taking place. Pleasing the public, not just the accountans and share holders! Opening up culverts etc. Brilliant good news, again! Thanks Martin.
How wonderful, simply wonderful - the best use of this magnificent structure. Love it. James - we missed James. He could demonstrate making a brew. LOL
Your Castlefield Viaduct vid was THREE years back???? My how time flies when we have a great channel to watch... What a way to give a overlooked piece of Manchester History a purpose and new life..... Just like the River Medlock.
What a brilliant initiative! We could do with more of this positive repurposing of our industrial heritage to help preserve it and encourage residents to take some ownership of it!
Next time I go up to Manchester, this is *the* place I want to visit. If you live in Manchester, I don't think you understand how exciting it is. Back in the day, I used to go up to Manchester from Macclesfield and I'd see that bridge and it was a total damn wreck. It was just something that was everything unexciting about Manchester and Salford as cities. (You and everyone else reading this are probably too young to understand what I mean here). But now I want to spend a second mortgage to get a rail ticket from London to Manchester Picadilly just to spend part of my life walking across the bridge and see what they've done.
Thank you Martin! And of course I must thank The National Trust. I have long been fascinated by the viaduct mainly by your work on it, a hey mate to Connor since he was there too. I was worried that we might potentially lose this treasure, though to some degree its historical status helped, this current project will help immensely for both interest and ability to maybe slow some decay. I am flying into Manchester in 23 to run in Manchester Ten K ,and walking this so important to me. Thank you so much,and world’s longest awaited pints on me mate. Bring James!
Thanks Martin showing us this brilliant improvement of what had been an eyesore but rather than demolish a great piece of engineering of its time has become a lovely structure. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Great to see it actually happened! What a great reuse of a space that would have otherwise just rotted away and then been demolished. Let’s hope it proves very popular in the first 12 months and becomes permanent.
It's good to see the bridge finding a new use instead of being torn down and destroyed. From the sound of things it will be a rip-roaring success! You need to come back in 12 months and tell us all how it's doing! I look forward very much to my second visit to Manchester, in September 2023!!!
Nice to see the former railway viaduct to be used for public space and a overhead garden on a viaduct in Manchester. That’s a brilliant idea to bring back what nature was lost before when the railways came along. This is fabulous.
Hi Martin this looks a great place to visit,this reminds me when I went to New York they have got a place called the High Line a disused railway line it was going to be demolished but now its a lovely place to visit ,maybe the the people who are running the Castlefield can get some ideas to develop it further,if you haven't already heard of the High Line in New York check it out great video thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for the update on the viaduct. It’s a real improvement to a existing structure. Always glad to see again, Martin. Enjoy the week ahead. See you on the next. Cheers Martin!
What an absolutely brilliant idea and job , hope it becomes a permanent fixture and develops to the other side too , UK needs more such brilliant ideas! , Excellent video Martin 👍🙏
I hope the project is well received. The High Line park in NYC did wonders for the area and would be a good example of what could be done with elevated spaces.
Agree - I had the opportunity to visit the High Line in NYC a few years ago and it was a great space. It would be good if this turned into something similar. Needs plenty of seating and some views of the surrounding city
Oh, the Buddleia! It's a great use for an out-of-use place in the city, right enough. Here's to them keeping it going Martin. Great video, better all the time. Thanks Martin. Keep Safe. Cheers!
Shall be in Manchester in May,and this is definitely where I shall be! And I have you Martin to thank for bringing this part of the city which adopted me to my attention.
How lovely and peaceful, I hope the whole thing is developed and there was I thinking Martin's drone was going to end up in't cut like it did before. Lol
So glad that something has happened with a place that is part of my heart and my soul, walked across in the 80s, my dad was a signalman on midland region out of Central Station, he worked cornbrook sidings, throstle nest junction, Trafford Park junction, Patricroft, chorlton, tiviot Dale, he used to take me ,to Walkden yard ,and agecroft, and we would ride on the footplate 💖
This is brilliant. I left Manchester in 1979 and went through Manchester about 6 years ago. So many new buildings and a lot of old buildings gone and hardly recognised Manchester. Its lovely to see Castlefield viaduct being transformed into a green space. I hope this carries on into the future for all to enjoy. I think it would make a great wedding venue 😊
Martin, thank you for your efforts and enthusiasm, your various Manchester related videos and accompanying information are superb. You and your team are already achieving legend status, a big thank you for helping me learn about and love my home city more than I thought possible.
Brilliant video Martin oh my god what a transformation on that viaduct Manchester is always changing all the time if I stayed in Salford I'd love to visit the amazing viaduct & the work what's been done 👍
What a fantastic use of a fine old structure and thanks to the girls for facilitating your visit. I'm hoping to get more time off in the future to have a long weekend in Manchester and might pay that a visit. Great stuff Martin.
How wonderful is that? I must have crossed that viaduct many times without realising it in the early 1960s on match day specials between Central and Old Trafford. Great stuff as usual.
I've photographed that viaduct many times from below. Great to see what they've done with it. I remember thundering down that viaduct as a child on a steam train from Exchange Station on its way to Holyhead! Seeing the lattice work pass by the window was a very striking memory, now I can repeat it on foot! Many thanks!
That Buddleia sure does get about. I saw one growing out of someone's chimney! And what an amazing space! It'll look like another world once those birch trees establish.. 🌳
Brilliant. I am a huge proponent of re using structures or spaces no longer viable for the original intended purpose. This will become a world class example of this. A great start. Congrats to all that put this forth and made it come to fruition.
Just shows what a bit of thought and imagination can do with spaces like this. I agree with the lady no bars there are enough in Manchester as it is. I will be visiting on my next visit up in my home City.
Martin, Thank you for such an amazing journey. You took us in on the start of our past generations labor and gave us this magnificent discovery. Introducing us to this skeleton of history. I love the utter joy that pours from you about the thrill of life being brought back into the amazing creations of talented and hard working people from our past, those who forged and toiled before us who give us the luxuries of life we now have. It is utterly grand seeing all of the elements of times past being utilized again for another purpose beyond its expected life. So many people just see rust and rubble but the utter beauty that can be resuscitated from by gone era necessities to our era of embracing it as leisure and tranquility. It gives us a way to see what early generations worked so hard for and sacrificed so much to leave behind what they saw as their future and to society. their contribution to progress. Okay I am babbling from pain lol and now can't remember what all I wanted to say... mostly, Thank you for all that you give us. God Bless and protect you!!
This video is brilliant, to see it before and to see what they have done now is just fantastic, could bat roots be built up above, beekeeper could use this space, but most of all school children could use it as an educational project, like before and after, looking at plants, bat watching, there are lots of things that could be done, thanks to the National Trust, and to MJ for this video,
What a transformation already I love old railway bridges and to see it being put to use is just brilliant much better than it just going to ruin and getting pulled down.
I believe that the National Trust has made a good start and with the invitation to the community for ideas this will be a wonderful addition for everyone in the area for many years to come. Just look at what happened to the High Line in New York City. People love it. It was transformed from an eyesore to a thing of beauty. With both the National Trust and the community behind this transformation, it will succeed. Thank you Martin for showing us this transformation.
That's fantastic that they've repurposed a part of history for all to see and enjoy. Wonderful. Seeing those trees in planters: I do hope they had some structural engineers calculate that static load. Watching a few videos about that 2021 condo collapse in Florida (~100 dead) alerted me to the perils of an unaccounted for static load over 40 years (as one of many many factors).
@@Jomo-x6n Dunno. Good question. The results from the condo collapse investigation in Florida has been pushed back another year... but from other videos, I still suspect the static load itself did the condos in... I'm sure the dynamic load (people and weather) played a part, but it was doomed from the beginning from the support design changes and the uncalculated planters with flora/fauna set next to the pool. (It collapsed at night when no one was at the pool area. Once the pool supports failed, the load probably shifted to the condo supports, overwhelmed them, and the condos collapsed just a few minutes later. This could be wrong. There are a few channels that had really great coverage - including running some load calculations from the blueprints.) I'm just hoping someone smarter than me did the load calculations for this viaduct greenspace. I would not want to see a piece of history ruined by someone not using a calculator. Thanks for the comment.
Great to see! This sort of project really does make cities much nicer places to live! I think Leeds have a similar project in the works, which will hopefully go ahead
What An asset to history and a great development. There is talk of a similar viaduct route in Leeds. I hope this in Manchester helps to influence this further. Once the people of Manchester have had the opportunity to visit and have their say, I would love to visit.
Lovely bit of heritage and local green space promotion. Wish I'd booked sooner but will make it down soon as I can! It's always been fascinating to see it how it was when going by on a tram, with all the wild flora reclaiming the space..... And then that closer look in your previous explore video..... All leading to this development! So cool!
It's a great thing to do with something that was slowly decaying. Hopefully the community will support it to a point that the National Trust can carry it forward to a point to do it all for the community.
That was excellent thanks for this fab video! It looks like a wonderful piece of engineering from road level and so encouraging to see the work already done and the almost endless possibilities for the rest of the structure. I would love to see a picnic area, preferably with views over the surrounding area and also information plaques of the history of that magnificent piece of engineering.
Fantastic that the viaduct gets to live on. Thanks for showing us around - did wonder if you would run up the ladder again! Like the background music , sounds a bit like New Order.
wow!!!! an amazing idea and use of a great location filled with history. I've always loved your love of local history, Martin. I really hope this lasts longer than 12 months
Yeah I went to Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester about 3 or 4 yrs ago & yes it was all had a 'wild look' as nature was starting to take over - looks good now 🙂🚂🚂🚂
The link to my original video th-cam.com/video/oIARLWFJHB4/w-d-xo.html The link to book tickets www.nationaltrust.org.uk/castlefield-viaduct
It's great to see old railway infrastructure being repurposed like this rather than just being pulled down, I wish the folk who created it every success with it and I hope it becomes a permanent fixture for Manchester.
We moved from Salford to Old Trafford back in 1966 and all this area became my playground. There were about three old barges half submerged in the canals and I would step onto one of them and as it went down, I would jump onto the next before I got my feet wet, and then onto the next. What great fun. It`s a wonder I`m still here. Stupid when I think back. It`s so nice to see that the area is being looked after. Can`t wait to see it finished. Another great video Martin.
They do this in europe where railway bridges and viaducts are turned into in community places, its great to see its being done in the uk
I think you're bang on with the semaphore signals Martin, brilliant to see the viaduct coming back to life...
I didn't even know this was a thing until they announced it was open the other day. It looks like they've done a good job! Let's hope this leads to bigger and better things for renovating and repurposing the many amazing places of this city so a new generation can enjoy it!
Definitely done a good job 👍
Fair play to you Martin, you do a great job promoting the history in your area and you will get that amazing place some extra publicity
Absolutely brilliant. What a fantastic use of an unused space. Such a good idea, and it looks beautiful.
Tremendously professional looking video, too, even by your normal high standards. Nice one.
Interestingly, Paul and Rebecca Whitewick's video tonight features a radically repurposed railway tunnel. Your videos definitely complement each other tonight.
Bloody hell Brian - I feel like I'm stalking you tonight but yes, great comment!
Cracking video Martin, thank you for bringing such a unique and worthy project to our attention.
They're open again on 18th February 2023. Hope it becomes a permanent fixture, and many more are created like this one too.
I'm so happy to see these renovations are taking place. Pleasing the public, not just the accountans and share holders! Opening up culverts etc. Brilliant good news, again! Thanks Martin.
Absolutely fantastic, good to see old industrial buildings and sites repurposed rather than demolished.
How wonderful, simply wonderful - the best use of this magnificent structure. Love it. James - we missed James. He could demonstrate making a brew. LOL
Trust the National Trust to do it. I’ve been a member since 18 and I am now 54. Such s great video Martin.Super xxxxxxxxx
Martin Zero, the modern day Mancunian Ambassador! Go for it mate, doing a wonderful job!
Thanks, I was really chuffed to get up there
@@MartinZero You deserved it mate! Always on the go in honour of Manchester!
Semaphore signals! Yes, indeed. What an atmospheric, immersive, addition they would be!
Your Castlefield Viaduct vid was THREE years back???? My how time flies when we have a great channel to watch... What a way to give a overlooked piece of Manchester History a purpose and new life..... Just like the River Medlock.
This is an excellent development for Manchester. I'm glad to see the National Trust getting involved in preserving an important railway structure
What a brilliant initiative! We could do with more of this positive repurposing of our industrial heritage to help preserve it and encourage residents to take some ownership of it!
Yeah really pleased they finally did it
So much potential and good to see it not being neglected. History in the making.
It's beautiful that bridge glad there making use of it
It is beautiful Dart
Next time I go up to Manchester, this is *the* place I want to visit.
If you live in Manchester, I don't think you understand how exciting it is. Back in the day, I used to go up to Manchester from Macclesfield and I'd see that bridge and it was a total damn wreck. It was just something that was everything unexciting about Manchester and Salford as cities. (You and everyone else reading this are probably too young to understand what I mean here).
But now I want to spend a second mortgage to get a rail ticket from London to Manchester Picadilly just to spend part of my life walking across the bridge and see what they've done.
Yeah worth a visit Darrien
Thank you Martin! And of course I must thank The National Trust. I have long been fascinated by the viaduct mainly by your work on it, a hey mate to Connor since he was there too. I was worried that we might potentially lose this treasure, though to some degree its historical status helped, this current project will help immensely for both interest and ability to maybe slow some decay. I am flying into Manchester in 23 to run in Manchester Ten K ,and walking this so important to me. Thank you so much,and world’s longest awaited pints on me mate. Bring James!
Brilliant transformation, great video Martin..
Thanks Martin showing us this brilliant improvement of what had been an eyesore but rather than demolish a great piece of engineering of its time has become a lovely structure. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Great to see it actually happened! What a great reuse of a space that would have otherwise just rotted away and then been demolished. Let’s hope it proves very popular in the first 12 months and becomes permanent.
Hope its permanent Phil
It's good to see the bridge finding a new use instead of being torn down and destroyed. From the sound of things it will be a rip-roaring success! You need to come back in 12 months and tell us all how it's doing! I look forward very much to my second visit to Manchester, in September 2023!!!
What a brilliant idea! 🤩 There's 42 min 18 sec long video in TH-cam about The High Line (NY). The place looks amazing.
What a wonderful transformation. Keep the old & new. We think the signals would be great. Thank you
Fantastic Martin Another first. Brilliant. Thank you. So exciting.
Great to see it being used again, would love to see a small section of track on there, perhaps with a brakevan as a coffee shop.... run by James :)
No, James always forgets to bring a spoon! 🙂
@@hamshackleton James's Cheap Eats - BYO spoons
@@kathryns4722 They come attached to climbing hooks now for him !
Nice to see the former railway viaduct to be used for public space and a overhead garden on a viaduct in Manchester. That’s a brilliant idea to bring back what nature was lost before when the railways came along. This is fabulous.
Hi Martin this looks a great place to visit,this reminds me when I went to New York they have got a place called the High Line a disused railway line it was going to be demolished but now its a lovely place to visit ,maybe the the people who are running the Castlefield can get some ideas to develop it further,if you haven't already heard of the High Line in New York check it out great video thanks for sharing 👍
The highline is what this was inspired by.
Thank you for the update on the viaduct. It’s a real improvement to a existing structure. Always glad to see again, Martin. Enjoy the week ahead. See you on the next. Cheers Martin!
What an absolutely brilliant idea and job , hope it becomes a permanent fixture and develops to the other side too , UK needs more such brilliant ideas! , Excellent video Martin 👍🙏
I hope the project is well received. The High Line park in NYC did wonders for the area and would be a good example of what could be done with elevated spaces.
Yeah I hope it extends beyond a year
Agree - I had the opportunity to visit the High Line in NYC a few years ago and it was a great space. It would be good if this turned into something similar. Needs plenty of seating and some views of the surrounding city
Love it ! Recycling on the grandest scale 🤩🤩🤩🧱👍🏽
Certainly is 😀
@@MartinZero 🤩🤙🏾🤙🏾
The makeover is amazing and its a beautiful space. When I get to the UK I'll be sure to visit! Great Video!
An incredible way to repurpose this iconic structure! Thanks for sharing Martin, I can’t wait to visit 🐝 CWL
Martin the space should have garden plots for people to own but to be open to all to visit (like the Chelsea flower show)
So go suggest it to the NT. it is open for all to visit
Oh, the Buddleia! It's a great use for an out-of-use place in the city, right enough. Here's to them keeping it going Martin. Great video, better all the time. Thanks Martin. Keep Safe. Cheers!
Shall be in Manchester in May,and this is definitely where I shall be! And I have you Martin to thank for bringing this part of the city which adopted me to my attention.
How lovely and peaceful, I hope the whole thing is developed and there was I thinking Martin's drone was going to end up in't cut like it did before. Lol
What a brilliant use of the space and fantastic opportunity to shape the future use of it,
So glad that something has happened with a place that is part of my heart and my soul, walked across in the 80s, my dad was a signalman on midland region out of Central Station, he worked cornbrook sidings, throstle nest junction, Trafford Park junction, Patricroft, chorlton, tiviot Dale, he used to take me ,to Walkden yard ,and agecroft, and we would ride on the footplate 💖
Hi Reuben, Wow its definitely part of your history. You should go visit and tell your story
This is brilliant. I left Manchester in 1979 and went through Manchester about 6 years ago. So many new buildings and a lot of old buildings gone and hardly recognised Manchester. Its lovely to see Castlefield viaduct being transformed into a green space. I hope this carries on into the future for all to enjoy. I think it would make a great wedding venue 😊
Martin, thank you for your efforts and enthusiasm, your various Manchester related videos and accompanying information are superb. You and your team are already achieving legend status, a big thank you for helping me learn about and love my home city more than I thought possible.
Brilliant video Martin oh my god what a transformation on that viaduct Manchester is always changing all the time if I stayed in Salford I'd love to visit the amazing viaduct & the work what's been done 👍
This'll look lovely in time for Eurovision next year.
Good idea Robert
Fantastic idea! I really hope it goes onwards. Thanks for showing it to us Martin.
What a fantastic use of a fine old structure and thanks to the girls for facilitating your visit. I'm hoping to get more time off in the future to have a long weekend in Manchester and might pay that a visit. Great stuff Martin.
How wonderful is that? I must have crossed that viaduct many times without realising it in the early 1960s on match day specials between Central and Old Trafford. Great stuff as usual.
Amazing to know that it's life has been noticed
I absolutely love this, as a proud Mancunian this is amazing, I can’t wait to visit it! Well done to everyone involved! 🐝❤️!!
Me as well Simon
Great stuff
I've photographed that viaduct many times from below. Great to see what they've done with it. I remember thundering down that viaduct as a child on a steam train from Exchange Station on its way to Holyhead! Seeing the lattice work pass by the window was a very striking memory, now I can repeat it on foot! Many thanks!
Hi Aidan hope your well. Have you visited yet ?
@@MartinZero Not yet but will do soon and will feature it in a video, Congratulations on passing 100,000 subscribers. I hope to get there some day!
That Buddleia sure does get about. I saw one growing out of someone's chimney! And what an amazing space! It'll look like another world once those birch trees establish.. 🌳
Brilliant. I am a huge proponent of re using structures or spaces no longer viable for the original intended purpose. This will become a world class example of this. A great start. Congrats to all that put this forth and made it come to fruition.
Yeah its great what they have done Christopher
This is a great idea, a very exciting development that has a lot of potential.
Just shows what a bit of thought and imagination can do with spaces like this. I agree with the lady no bars there are enough in Manchester as it is. I will be visiting on my next visit up in my home City.
Fantastic concept and great for Manchester’s people. Thanks so much Martin. All the best from Melbourne Australia.
Cheers Greg
Wow, that's awesome 👊
Fantastic, the same has been done in NY with the High Line. Both excellent projects, I liked the fact in NY you cab still see the old rail lines.
It would be cool to see flowers that would attract butterflies and such 🌸🌺🦋
I sense an opportunity for a dual line shuttle miniature railway that shall travel the length of the rest of the viaduct. would be so cool.
The signal idea is spot on Martin
Looks like a great project Martin. I’ll be over there to take a look. Well done for your part in promoting this.
Cheers Paul
Heart warming! So glad they are saving this beautiful structure. Thanks for telling the story!
Fantastic project,wish everyone,all the very best!
What transformation in 3 years, thanks for posting
Thanks Pete
This is great. So good to see our historical structures being repurposed instead of being torn down. Thanks for posting.
Got to be a space to encourage nature in my view …. Thanks Martin and team 🙏
Thanks Nigel
Martin, Thank you for such an amazing journey. You took us in on the start of our past generations labor and gave us this magnificent discovery. Introducing us to this skeleton of history. I love the utter joy that pours from you about the thrill of life being brought back into the amazing creations of talented and hard working people from our past, those who forged and toiled before us who give us the luxuries of life we now have. It is utterly grand seeing all of the elements of times past being utilized again for another purpose beyond its expected life.
So many people just see rust and rubble but the utter beauty that can be resuscitated from by gone era necessities to our era of embracing it as leisure and tranquility. It gives us a way to see what early generations worked so hard for and sacrificed so much to leave behind what they saw as their future and to society. their contribution to progress.
Okay I am babbling from pain lol and now can't remember what all I wanted to say... mostly, Thank you for all that you give us. God Bless and protect you!!
Thank you, your right in what you say and glad you enjoyed it 👍
Wow, that is amazing,I’m glad they’re are re using it, it reminds me of the high line in NYC,x
Great idea, garden in the sky.
What it's all about, brilliant, booked so far ahead though, cannot get to see it!
Am sure it will settle, give it time
been watching this being made on my way to work its been a nice transformation
Let’s hope it stays! Nice background song! 😊
Yeah hope so Peter
Wonderful. I hope they make it a proper permanent waking route from somewhere to somewhere.
This video is brilliant, to see it before and to see what they have done now is just fantastic, could bat roots be built up above, beekeeper could use this space, but most of all school children could use it as an educational project, like before and after, looking at plants, bat watching, there are lots of things that could be done, thanks to the National Trust, and to MJ for this video,
What a transformation already I love old railway bridges and to see it being put to use is just brilliant much better than it just going to ruin and getting pulled down.
Yeah a great job David
It remains a surprise what will happen, but it starts off interesting.
A nice vlog about the Castlefield Viaduct.
I believe that the National Trust has made a good start and with the invitation to the community for ideas this will be a wonderful addition for everyone in the area for many years to come. Just look at what happened to the High Line in New York City. People love it. It was transformed from an eyesore to a thing of beauty. With both the National Trust and the community behind this transformation, it will succeed. Thank you Martin for showing us this transformation.
That's fantastic that they've repurposed a part of history for all to see and enjoy. Wonderful.
Seeing those trees in planters: I do hope they had some structural engineers calculate that static load.
Watching a few videos about that 2021 condo collapse in Florida (~100 dead) alerted me to the perils of an unaccounted for static load over 40 years (as one of many many factors).
May one reason why they limit the number of visitors?
@@Jomo-x6n Dunno. Good question. The results from the condo collapse investigation in Florida has been pushed back another year... but from other videos, I still suspect the static load itself did the condos in... I'm sure the dynamic load (people and weather) played a part, but it was doomed from the beginning from the support design changes and the uncalculated planters with flora/fauna set next to the pool. (It collapsed at night when no one was at the pool area. Once the pool supports failed, the load probably shifted to the condo supports, overwhelmed them, and the condos collapsed just a few minutes later. This could be wrong. There are a few channels that had really great coverage - including running some load calculations from the blueprints.) I'm just hoping someone smarter than me did the load calculations for this viaduct greenspace. I would not want to see a piece of history ruined by someone not using a calculator. Thanks for the comment.
Only just viewed this mate as done my own little version thanks for the piece of footage there. Means a lot 😊👌... Hope you're good
Great to see! This sort of project really does make cities much nicer places to live! I think Leeds have a similar project in the works, which will hopefully go ahead
NYC has a similar thing on a disused portion of elevated train track.
What An asset to history and a great development. There is talk of a similar viaduct route in Leeds. I hope this in Manchester helps to influence this further. Once the people of Manchester have had the opportunity to visit and have their say, I would love to visit.
Oh yeah I heard about the one in Leeds
Superb filming and commentaries as Always Martin.
Brilliant work.
Take great care
Keep safe warm dry and virus free.
Thanks very much David
Looks amazing, they've done a brilliant job
Lovely!! Great use of a disused area!! A coffee house be good, but a venue for art etc would be amazing. Great video Martin.
Thx for this video with lots of backgrounds
Thanks Ralf
Lovely bit of heritage and local green space promotion. Wish I'd booked sooner but will make it down soon as I can! It's always been fascinating to see it how it was when going by on a tram, with all the wild flora reclaiming the space..... And then that closer look in your previous explore video..... All leading to this development! So cool!
Yeah I love it
looks fantastic...what a transformation and it isn't finished yet..brilliant !!!
Yeah I think it will evolve Jo
@@MartinZero Hope so...it is great to see
It's a great thing to do with something that was slowly decaying.
Hopefully the community will support it to a point that the National Trust can carry it forward to a point to do it all for the community.
That was excellent thanks for this fab video! It looks like a wonderful piece of engineering from road level and so encouraging to see the work already done and the almost endless possibilities for the rest of the structure. I would love to see a picnic area, preferably with views over the surrounding area and also information plaques of the history of that magnificent piece of engineering.
Fantastic that the viaduct gets to live on. Thanks for showing us around - did wonder if you would run up the ladder again!
Like the background music , sounds a bit like New Order.
wow!!!! an amazing idea and use of a great location filled with history. I've always loved your love of local history, Martin. I really hope this lasts longer than 12 months
Absolutely brilliant video Martin. One of your best so far. Love your New Order-esk music too. Well done.
Thanks Mike
Catwalk would be a great idea! A fashion show on there would be brilliant!
Yeah it was made for it Simon
Very nice. I hope that they are going to clean and protect that steel framing. Good Luck, Rick
Yeah I went to Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester about 3 or 4 yrs ago & yes it was all had a 'wild look' as nature was starting to take over - looks good now 🙂🚂🚂🚂