Copley Bridge Manchester and Leeds Railway Copley Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Copley Bridge Manchester and Leeds Railway Copley Bridge

WRENN ID
lone-pewter-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1988
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SE 081 227
Coordinates
53.70081, -1.87773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Copley Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Calder, built around 1840 by George Stephenson for the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. The bridge is constructed from regularly coursed rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings and features three segmental arches. It has plinths with a roll mould on the piers, a band at the impost level, and rusticated voussoirs that are brought to course with expressed keystones. Above, there is a simple cornice with a parapet, and the bridge is supported by curved ramped abutments. Part of the bridge is located in the parish of Halifax. The first section of the Manchester to Leeds railway was opened to Sowerby Bridge in 1840, with the extension to Leeds completed later.

Local climate

Copley Bridge Manchester and Leeds Railway Copley Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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