The only other surviving wrought-iron lattice viaduct in the United Kingdom is Meldon Viaduct, near Okehampton, in Devon. Meldon is significantly taller but less than half the length.Biddle, p. 321. The railway historians Gordon Biddle and O. S. Nock described Bennerley as "by far the more attractive" of the two.Biddle & Nock, p. 239. Meldon Viaduct has been significantly altered since it was built, whereas Bennerley is essentially unchanged. Belah Viaduct in Cumbria had a similar design but was demolished shortly after its closure in 1962.Beecroft, p. 218. Another wrought-iron bridge was Crumlin Viaduct, once Britain's tallest, in South Wales. This too was demolished in the 1960s despite efforts to preserve it.Owens, p. 57.
