Railway Bridge Over the River Trent is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Railway bridge.
Railway Bridge Over the River Trent
- WRENN ID
- hidden-soffit-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Railway bridge
- Address
- Railway Bridge Over the River Trent, Trent Lane, Melbourne
- OS grid reference
- SK 389 275
- Coordinates
- 52.84373, -1.42386
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Railway Bridge over the River Trent, built in 1867, is a Grade II listed structure located in the parish of Melbourne, on Trent Lane, Kings Newton. This bridge is constructed of cast iron with wooden decking and rock-faced stone. It features a wide design supported by six rows of columns, with stone abutments at both ends. Each row consists of five columns with bracketed tops; the outer columns have lower bracketed tops that support pierced braces with central roundels on either side, along with a central pier that has an attached half column. The inner columns support riveted plate girders, while the outer columns are adorned with raised and fielded panels above the half columns and lattice work girders on either side. The bridge has wooden decking on top and pierced parapets along the sides, with panels at the base and plain piers. This bridge is part of the Derby to Ashby line, which was opened in 1867 primarily to facilitate the transport of milk and vegetables to London.
Local climate
Railway Bridge Over the River Trent 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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