Aylesford Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1959. A C14 Bridge.
Aylesford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- rough-pillar-crimson
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1959
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Aylesford Bridge, Station Road, Tonbridge and Malling
- OS grid reference
- TQ 729 589
- Coordinates
- 51.3032, 0.47955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Aylesford Bridge is a 14th-century bridge that features five arches, with the central arch being wider. In 1824, a pier was removed to allow for larger river traffic. The bridge is constructed from coursed and random rubblestone. The outer four arches are pointed and all arches are double-chamfered with stone dressings. Sloping buttresses support the piers, which have cut-waters below on rebuilt concrete foundations that are only visible at low tide. There are octagonal and triangular canted stand-points resting on the buttresses over the piers, with two located to the south of the central arch and six to the north. The bridge has a stone-coped parapet. Below the bridge, there is a barge-bed made from large timber beams, although this part is not listed. The bridge is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Aylesford Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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