Bridge Over Hobson's Brook Mid Way Along Brookside is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. A 19th century Bridge.

Bridge Over Hobson's Brook Mid Way Along Brookside

WRENN ID
sharp-corridor-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over Hobson's Brook Mid Way Along Brookside, Trumpington Road
OS grid reference
TL 451 574
Coordinates
52.19591, 0.1225
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over Hobson's Brook, located mid-way along Brookside on Trumpington Road, dates from 1851. It is a single span cast-iron bridge featuring pierced spandrels. The bridge has moulded standards with plain handrails and is decorated with rosettes and the University Arms. The name of the ironfounder, Hurrell, specifically Swan Hurrell of Market Hill, is also included in the design.

Local climate

Bridge Over Hobson's Brook Mid Way Along Brookside sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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