North Bridge Over Serpentine Lake in Botanic Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1999. Footbridge.

North Bridge Over Serpentine Lake in Botanic Gardens

WRENN ID
inner-landing-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1999
Type
Footbridge
Address
North Bridge Over Serpentine Lake in Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road
OS grid reference
SD 366 188
Coordinates
53.66224, -2.96014
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The North Bridge over Serpentine Lake in the Botanic Gardens is a footbridge likely built around 1876. It is constructed of brick and cast iron, featuring a wooden deck. The horizontal bridge is supported by brick piers at both ends and in the center, with cast-iron I-beams. It has panelled cast-iron posts at each end and in the center, along with ornamental cast-iron openwork balustrades. This bridge is part of a group with the Museum and Fern House, and it matches the South Bridge.

Local climate

North Bridge Over Serpentine Lake in Botanic Gardens sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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