Miniature Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Footbridge.

Miniature Bridge

WRENN ID
north-mortar-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1986
Type
Footbridge
Address
Miniature Bridge, Farley
OS grid reference
SK 075 432
Coordinates
52.9869, -1.88962
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Miniature Bridge is an early 19th-century footbridge located in Farley, Alton Park. It is constructed of cast iron and features ashlar piers and cutwaters. The bridge has three segmental arches adorned with diamond patterned spandrels, spanning an artificial pond, with chains strung between the piers. This bridge is an important element of the garden layout at Alton Towers, which is recognized as Grade I on the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Gardens Register.

Local climate

Miniature Bridge receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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