Swing Footbridge Over Steelyard Cut is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1992. Footbridge. 1 related planning application.

Swing Footbridge Over Steelyard Cut

WRENN ID
proud-cellar-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 May 1992
Type
Footbridge
Address
Swing Footbridge Over Steelyard Cut, Surrey Docks, SE16 7TF
OS grid reference
TQ 364 791
Coordinates
51.49455, -0.03637
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A swing footbridge, dating from 1862, located at Surrey Docks. The bridge was designed and manufactured by Henry Grissell, a recognized ironmaster. It was relocated to its current position in the mid-20th century from the Surrey entrance basin. The bridge is a distinctive stayed-cantilever design, unusual for metal bridges, featuring an arched wrought-iron span supported by iron rods connected to a cast-iron counterweight. Original hand operating gear remains, although an oil hydraulic mechanism was added in the 1980s.

Local climate

Swing Footbridge Over Steelyard Cut 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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