Castlefield · Manchester
Castlefield After Dark
The Victorian viaducts light up once the sun goes down. Go see.
- ⏱ 20 min
- 💷 £0
- 🥾 Easy
By day, Castlefield's stacked railway viaducts are just infrastructure. After dark, with the trains and trams lit up against the brickwork, the whole basin turns into something closer to a film set.
What you’ll do
- 1Wait for dark
- 2Find the viaducts
- 3Prove it
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Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0
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