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
keen-flagstone-rowan
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, Mill Lane, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 581 037
Coordinates
52.62875, -1.14261
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Soar, dated 1890, is a Grade II listed structure located on Mill Lane. It features a braced arched iron design with two wide and low segmental iron arches supporting the roadway. The bridge is adorned with an ornate cast-iron railed parapet. Its brick abutments are complemented by square brick piers topped with stone octagonal turrets that have moulded caps and panelled sides. This bridge is part of a series that includes other notable bridges over the River Soar, such as those at The Newarke, Mill Lane, and Upperton Road, as well as West Bridge on 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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