Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1979. Railway bridge. 1 related planning application.

Railway Bridge

WRENN ID
empty-portal-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1979
Type
Railway bridge
Address
Railway Bridge, Spa Road, SE16 4QT
OS grid reference
TQ 341 792
Coordinates
51.4962, -0.06895
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a railway bridge built in 1836 by Colonel Landmann, an engineer, for the London and Greenwich Railway. It features a brick semicircular arch supported by rows of 14 cast-iron Doric columns, which separate the main carriageway from narrower arched footways on either side. The bridge is now part of a larger railway structure. It is significant as one of the two remaining bridges from London's first railway line, which was opened as far as Deptford in 1836. The section from Spa Road to Deptford was opened on 8 February 1836, making this railway bridge the first to be constructed in London and the oldest still in operation.

Local climate

Railway 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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