King William's Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1955. Bridge.
King William's Bridge
- WRENN ID
- deep-parapet-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1955
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- King William's Bridge, City of Leicester
- OS grid reference
- SK 556 089
- Coordinates
- 52.67544, -1.17845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
King William's Bridge is a small granite and slate rubble stone bridge, likely built in the 17th century, designed for pack horses. It features two round arches and a pointed cutwater that rises into the parapet on the upstream side. The parapet has splayed approaches. The arches have been repaired with brick due to the bridge being widened on the downstream side, allegedly for the visit of William III to Bradgate in 1696. The bridge is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
King William's Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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