Burnden Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2002. Railway viaduct. 2 related planning applications.
Burnden Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- ruined-rotunda-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2002
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Address
- Burnden Viaduct, St Peter's Way
- OS grid reference
- SD 726 082
- Coordinates
- 53.57012, -2.41487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burnden Viaduct, also known as Bolton Valley Viaduct, is a railway viaduct located on St Peter's Way in Rose Hill. It was constructed in 1848 for the Manchester and Leeds Railway, with additional spans built in 1881-1882 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The deck was replaced with pre-cast concrete around 1958.
The viaduct features six spans supported by reduced stone piers made of coursed squared rock-faced limestone, which rise over the valley of the River Croal. The spans consist of deep wrought iron girders, including four double Warren girders beneath the tracks.
The railway line was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1848 after taking over the Manchester and Leeds Railway, which had previously absorbed the Liverpool and Bury Railway that initiated the line between Bolton and Bury. The line ceased passenger services in 1951 and was completely closed in 1970. When St. Peter's Way was constructed, the piers were reduced in height by 4.5 meters, although the bases likely remain underground.
Local climate
Burnden Viaduct 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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