New footbridge over Crosdale Beck
There will be no wet feet for
Dales Way walkers crossing Crosdale Beck
this season – thanks to a new footbridge installed
by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
The footbridge crosses the Beck
near the Lune Viaduct in Cumbria, on the section
from Sedbergh to Burneside. After heavy rain the
swollen beck could be difficult to navigate. Now the
footpath has been diverted slightly upstream to the
new footbridge.
Installation of the new bridge
at Crosdale Beck was completed in October by a team
of Yorkshire Dale National Park Rangers and Dales
volunteers. A date had been set to start the
construction in September, but heavy rain meant that
the raw material could not be moved across the
fields to the site – much to the disappointment of
the volunteers who had had the date in their diaries
for months.
The Dales Way Association, who
made a modest contribution to the cost of the
footbridge, will be at the official opening in
Spring, and plan to organise a walk to celebrate.
Watch our website for further information.
March 2012
