Victoria Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Victoria Bridge

WRENN ID
muffled-granite-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Bridge
Address
Victoria Bridge, Victoria Avenue
OS grid reference
TL 453 593
Coordinates
52.21329, 0.12574
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Victoria Bridge is a cast-iron bridge located on Victoria Avenue, with its foundation stone laid in 1889 and officially opened in 1890. This is noted on a plaque on the south abutments at road level. Designed by engineers Webster and Waters, the bridge features a single span supported by stone abutments and approaches. It has an elliptical arch and an open iron balustrade. The bridge is decorated on either side of the pierced spandrels with the arms of the City and the University.

Local climate

Victoria Bridge 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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