Pack Saddle Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Pack Saddle Bridge
- WRENN ID
- slow-steeple-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Pack Saddle Bridge, Vale Street, North Turton
- OS grid reference
- SD 737 157
- Coordinates
- 53.6375, -2.39816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pack Saddle Bridge is a footbridge over Bradshaw Brook, likely built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from sandstone blocks and features a small structure with a single segmental arch. The bridge carries a narrow deck that has a very low ridged parapet and railings, which are supported by hooped braces on the outer sides.
Local climate
Pack Saddle Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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