Bridge Over River Colne is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Bridge Over River Colne

WRENN ID
gaunt-arch-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over River Colne, Birkhouse Lane
OS grid reference
SE 133 160
Coordinates
53.64107, -1.80029
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Colne, located on Birkhouse Lane, was built in 1853 by contractor George Heywood. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features two segmental arches with cutwaters. A band runs along the structure, and there is a parapet. On the west side of the bridge, there is a panel that reads: "Erected conjointly by the surveyors of the Hamlet of Lockwood in Quarmby, the Board of Surveyors of Marsh Hamlet, Mr William Arnold, Birkhouse Boiler Works Lockwood, and Messrs J H G C Walker, Birkhouse Dyehouse Lockwood, Anno Domini 1853, George Heywood Contractor."

Local climate

Bridge Over River Colne sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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