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. 1 related planning application.

Bridge Over River Soar

WRENN ID
still-lantern-ivy
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, Upperton Road, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 581 034
Coordinates
52.62563, -1.14305
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Soar, located on Upperton Road, dates from 1890. It is a braced arched iron bridge featuring two wide and low segmental iron arches with a roadway in between. The bridge has an ornate cast-iron railed parapet and brick abutments, which are complemented by brick piers topped with stone octagonal turrets that have moulded caps and large stone finials. This bridge is part of a series that includes the Bridge over River Soar, The Newarke Bridge over River Soar, Mill Lane West Bridge, and West Bridge Street.

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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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