Southern Bridge in People's Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Bridge.

Southern Bridge in People's Park

WRENN ID
errant-keystone-onyx
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1973
Type
Bridge
Address
Southern Bridge in People's Park, Park Road
OS grid reference
SE 085 248
Coordinates
53.72017, -1.87134
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Southern Bridge in People's Park, built around 1856, is a Grade II* listed cast iron bridge. It features decorative elements on the spandrels and a shallow segmental arch, along with a balustrade. The bridge is supported by stone abutments, which have dies that bear urns made of white marble, although one urn is missing. This bridge is part of a group of listed buildings located on Park Road.

Local climate

Southern Bridge in People's Park 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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