Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Bridge. 3 related planning applications.

Railway Bridge

WRENN ID
mired-portal-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1993
Type
Bridge
Address
Railway Bridge, Derby Street
OS grid reference
SD 416 083
Coordinates
53.56843, -2.88216
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway bridge on Derby Street in Ormskirk was built around 1846-1848 for the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway. It is a public road bridge that spans a cutting of the railway. The bridge is constructed from rock-faced sandstone, featuring red brick soffits. It has three segmental arches supported by rectangular piers, which are adorned with large impost bands that wrap around the piers. The arches are detailed with stepped rusticated voussoirs, a plain band, and a parapet with flat coping. The soffits are made of brick arranged in winding courses. This bridge is part of a group that includes a drinking fountain built into the south-west corner, as well as Nos 11, 13, and 36 nearby.

Local climate

Railway Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  8. Ormskirk Railway Station, Booking Office Etc on East Side of Track Grade II 116 m
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