Swing Bridge at Former Victoria Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Bridge.
Swing Bridge at Former Victoria Dock
- WRENN ID
- lone-gutter-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull East MP: Karl Turner (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1994
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Swing Bridge at Former Victoria Dock, South Bridge Road
- OS grid reference
- TA 109 286
- Coordinates
- 53.74248, -0.31947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The swing bridge at the former Victoria Dock in Kingston upon Hull is a road bridge that was originally a railway swing bridge, built in 1849. It was constructed by Beecroft, Butler & Co. from Kirkstall Forge in Leeds, along with the Haigh Foundry Co. of Wigan. The bridge is made of cast iron and features a wrought-iron handrail and ashlar abutments. It is designed as a two-leaf cantilever swing bridge that accommodates both road and railway tracks. When closed, the two strutted sections form a segmental arch. The bridge has roller bearings at the pivot ends, and the cast-iron drums house the gearing and hand cranks that operate the bridge by engaging with a toothed sector. Although Victoria Dock and the outer basin have since been filled in, the half-tide basin once allowed ships to enter and leave the dock at various states of the tide.
Local climate
Swing Bridge at Former Victoria Dock receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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