Swing Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1975. Swing bridge.
Swing Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sheer-chimney-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1975
- Type
- Swing bridge
- Address
- Swing Bridge, London Road, Boston
- OS grid reference
- TF 326 430
- Coordinates
- 52.96867, -0.02578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swing Bridge, located on London Road in Boston, is a Grade II listed structure built between 1882 and 1884 by Handysides the Derby Ironfounders. This swing bridge was designed for the docks railway and features segmental panelled iron sides with a central circular pier, all set on a timber piled platform. It operates hydraulically from a control cabin on the west bank, with manual control available at the center of the bridge.
Historically, the bridge was constructed to connect the docks' single track railway to the Great Northern Line, facilitating the crossing over the Haven when the docks were created in 1884. The bridge was prefabricated and arrived in Boston in a partly assembled state in November 1882, with the dock officially opening on December 15, 1884.
Local climate
Swing Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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