Bedehouse Towpath Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1999. Bridge.

Bedehouse Towpath Bridge

WRENN ID
lapsed-pavement-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1999
Type
Bridge
Address
Bedehouse Towpath Bridge, Upperton Road, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 580 033
Coordinates
52.62438, -1.14352
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bedehouse Towpath Bridge is a towpath bridge built in 1887. It features a steel structure supported by blue brick engineering brick abutments that have ashlar coping. The abutments are battered and curved, with the northern side having a shallow sloping curved embankment that extends below the bridge. The central span of the bridge consists of two fishbelly girders with a riveted openwork lattice design, which supports a curved tarmacked footpath.

Local climate

Bedehouse Towpath Bridge 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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