Railway Underbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Bridge.

Railway Underbridge

WRENN ID
veiled-gallery-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Railway Underbridge, Hulme Road
OS grid reference
SD 760 047
Coordinates
53.53843, -2.3625
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Railway Underbridge, built around 1837 by Jesse Hartley for the Manchester and Bolton Railway, is constructed from rock-faced stone. It features a round arch with radiating vousoirs, and the raking abutments have tumbled-in coping.

Local climate

Railway Underbridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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