Bridge over River Soar is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Bridge.

Bridge over River Soar

WRENN ID
steep-stronghold-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge over River Soar, the Newarke, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 581 040
Coordinates
52.6311, -1.14227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Soar, located at the west end of The Newarke, dates from around 1890. It is constructed of ashlar and features two wide elliptical arches. The stone parapet includes four-centred arch panels and coping. At each end of the bridge, there are octagonal crenellated turrets with panels that have inset cusped arches. In the center, there is a lower octagonal turret that rises from the cutwater. This bridge is part of a series that includes the West Bridge on West Bridge Street, another bridge over the River Soar on Mill Lane, and a bridge over the River Soar on Upperton Road.

Local climate

Bridge over River Soar receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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