West Wylam Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Bridge.
West Wylam Bridge
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-render-falcon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NZ 111 642
- Coordinates
- 54.97306, -1.82756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Wylam Bridge is a disused railway bridge built in 1876 by William George Laws for the North-Eastern Railway Company. It is constructed from wrought iron and features a long single span with the roadway suspended from two parabolic arches. This bridge is noted for being the earliest use of this type of construction to support a railway. It was built as part of the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway.
Local climate
West Wylam Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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