Howley Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. A Modern Footbridge.

Howley Footbridge

WRENN ID
forbidden-foundation-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington North MP: Charlotte Nichols (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 1975
Type
Footbridge
Period
Modern
Address
Howley Footbridge, Parr Street
OS grid reference
SJ 616 879
Coordinates
53.3873, -2.57867
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Howley Footbridge is an iron suspension bridge built in February 1912 by David Rowell and Company Engineers, located over the River Mersey (New Cutting). It connects the streets around the Parish Church to Victoria Park. The bridge features two tapering square piers of open ironwork at each end, with round arches spanning the pathway. The overall design of the bridge is a graceful curve, characterized by its delicate proportions.

Local climate

Howley Footbridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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