Turntable and Machinery of Former Swing Road Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Industrial heritage.

Turntable and Machinery of Former Swing Road Bridge

WRENN ID
peeling-cinder-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Industrial heritage
Address
Turntable and Machinery of Former Swing Road Bridge, Redriff Road
OS grid reference
TQ 361 792
Coordinates
51.49623, -0.04017
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The turntable and machinery of the former swing road bridge, which once spanned Russia Dock Passage, is a Grade II listed structure from the late 19th century. Designed by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd, it represents a good example of the working parts of a hydraulic swing bridge. The structure features a hand-operated iron capstan located on the south-east side of the bridge, as well as a larger hydraulic capstan on the north-east side. The turntable and machinery were restored in the 1980s.

Local climate

Turntable and Machinery of Former Swing Road 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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