Old Penwortham Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1962. Bridge.
Old Penwortham Bridge
- WRENN ID
- far-string-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 1962
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Old Penwortham Bridge, Leyland Road, Preston
- OS grid reference
- SD 530 282
- Coordinates
- 53.74882, -2.71402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Penwortham Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Ribble, built in 1759. It features five unequal segmental arches that rise towards the center, with V-shaped cutwaters that extend to the parapets, creating refuges on both sides of the deck. The spandrels are made of red sandstone. The parapets are moulded at the top and continue as walls on the south bank of the river, extending approximately 40 meters east and 130 meters west. At the southeast corner of the bridge, there is a low triangular stone with the incised lettering: PENWORTHAM. This bridge replaced an earlier structure built in 1755, which collapsed in 1756. Until the early 20th century, it was the lowest bridge over the Ribble and was maintained by tolls. It is now used as a footbridge. Part of the bridge is located in the former area of Preston.
Local climate
Old Penwortham Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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