The UK’s last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and will be gone by 2036.

In Claughton, Lancashire, the Forterra brickworks produces 50 million bricks a year, from shale that’s quarried a mile and a half away. To get that shale to the brickworks: the last aerial ropeway in the country. These used to be common: but now, the last one will be gone by 2036. Thanks to all the team at Forterra: Thanks to Dave Martin for the idea! Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) Filmed safely: I’m at on Twitter at on Facebook at and on Instagram as tomscottgo I’ve got a newsletter now! It goes out every week and includes interesting links I’ve found while researching that week: And there’s an experimental second channel in progress: