Clapper Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. A Medieval Bridge.
Clapper Bridge
- WRENN ID
- worn-obsidian-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Pendle
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Clapper Bridge, Wycoller Road, Trawden Forest
- OS grid reference
- SD 932 391
- Coordinates
- 53.84899, -2.10428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clapper Bridge, also known as The Hall Bridge or Weavers' Bridge, is an undateable bridge made of two stone slabs that are supported by a central pier. Due to a fracture in one of the clappers, a concrete pier has been added. The bridge is a scheduled ancient monument.
Local climate
Clapper Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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