Wakefield Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. A Medieval Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Wakefield Bridge

WRENN ID
standing-pavement-root
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1953
Type
Bridge
Period
Medieval
Address
Wakefield Bridge, Kirkgate, WF1 5PE
OS grid reference
SE 338 201
Coordinates
53.67661, -1.48966
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wakefield Bridge is an early to mid 14th century structure made of coursed, squared, and smoothed stone. It features nine shallow pointed arches, which are separated by pointed cutwaters resting on platform bases. The bridge has plain parapets with splayed ends. It has been widened twice, first in 1758 and again in 1797.

Local climate

Wakefield Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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