Willington Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Viaduct. 4 related planning applications.
Willington Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- grim-newel-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend MP: Mary Glindon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Willington Viaduct, A 187
- OS grid reference
- NZ 317 667
- Coordinates
- 54.99404, -1.50481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willington Viaduct is a railway viaduct built between 1837 and 1839 by John and Benjamin Green for the Newcastle and North Shields Railway Company. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features iron arches and a superstructure that was added in 1869, replacing the original laminated wood construction. The viaduct measures 1,048 feet in length and stands 82 feet high. It has seven iron girder arches with spans ranging from 115 to 128 feet. The structure includes T-section iron lattices between the arches and railway bed girders, which are also supported by masonry. The buttressed piers and abutments have sloped copings. Notably, this viaduct is one of the earliest bridges in Britain to use the Wiebeking system of laminated timber, and the current ironwork resembles the original wooden design.
Local climate
Willington Viaduct receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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