Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1965. Bridge.

Packhorse Bridge

WRENN ID
pale-eave-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1965
Type
Bridge
Address
Packhorse Bridge, Manor Road, Denby Dale
OS grid reference
SE 260 116
Coordinates
53.60102, -1.60741
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Packhorse Bridge over the River Dearne is a likely 18th-century structure. It features coursed rubble sides with ashlar voussoirs and parapets. The bridge has a hump-backed, single span, segmental arch and a stone flag walkway. The upper course of the parapet is probably from the 20th century.

Local climate

Packhorse Bridge receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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