Denby Dale Railway Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Railway viaduct.

Denby Dale Railway Viaduct

WRENN ID
fading-glass-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 August 1985
Type
Railway viaduct
Address
Denby Dale Railway Viaduct, Barnsley Road
OS grid reference
SE 224 083
Coordinates
53.5717, -1.66242
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Denby Dale Railway Viaduct is a railway structure built in 1884 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, spanning the valley of the River Dearne. It is constructed from rock-faced stone and features 21 round arches supported by tall, slightly battered rectangular piers. The viaduct has a curving plan and includes later square abutments at each end on the west side, each with two arches.

Local climate

Denby Dale Railway Viaduct receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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