Clifton Railway Viaduct (The Thirteen Arches) That Part in Swinton and Pendlebury is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. Railway viaduct.
Clifton Railway Viaduct (The Thirteen Arches) That Part in Swinton and Pendlebury
- WRENN ID
- turning-floor-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Salford MP: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- OS grid reference
- SD 792 034
- Coordinates
- 53.52702, -2.31461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clifton Railway Viaduct, known as The Thirteen Arches, is a railway viaduct that spans the River Irwell and is located in Swinton and Pendlebury. Built in 1848 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the viaduct is constructed from rock-faced stone and is attributed to engineer J. Hawkshaw. It features a total of 18 arches and has a curved design. The structure is supported by battered square piers that hold segmental arches, which spring from impost bands. The arch over the river is notably wider and is flanked by flat piers that rise to the level of the parapet. The coped parapet is positioned above a continuous band, with square terminating piers at either end.
Local climate
Clifton Railway Viaduct (The Thirteen Arches) That Part in Swinton and Pendlebury sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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