Thunder Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. Road bridge.
Thunder Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sheer-crypt-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Thunder Bridge, Thunder Bridge Lane, Kirkburton
- OS grid reference
- SE 188 114
- Coordinates
- 53.59893, -1.71722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thunder Bridge is a road bridge over Shepley Dike, built in the early 19th century. It features a single span with a segmental arch and an ashlar band that forms the base for the deeply coursed ashlar parapets. The north side has replaced copings, while the south parapet ends in a round abutment topped with a domed cap. The parapet on the north side includes the inscriptions: THURSTONLAND SHELLEY.
Local climate
Thunder Bridge 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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