Paddock Railway Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Viaduct. 3 related planning applications.

Paddock Railway Viaduct

WRENN ID
plain-flue-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Viaduct
Address
Paddock Railway Viaduct, HD1 3JD
OS grid reference
SE 133 161
Coordinates
53.64125, -1.79884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Paddock Railway Viaduct, built between 1845 and 1850, is a notable structure that may have been engineered by John Hawkshaw, with contractors Messrs Miller, Blackie, and Shortridge involved, as they also worked on Lockwood Viaduct. The viaduct is constructed from rock-faced stone, featuring an ashlar band and parapet coping. It has six round arches supported by very tall piers at the north end, and four box girder trusses on piers with moulded bases and imposts. At the south end, there are five round arches, two of which are blocked. Additionally, there is a flat iron span over Manchester Road, and the structure stands 70 feet high. The railway line was officially opened on 1 July 1850.

Local climate

Paddock Railway Viaduct 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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