Footbridge Over Greenland Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1992. Footbridge.

Footbridge Over Greenland Dock

WRENN ID
over-sandstone-poplar
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
Footbridge Over Greenland Dock, Surrey Docks
OS grid reference
TQ 365 792
Coordinates
51.49559, -0.03385
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The footbridge over Greenland Dock, built in 1904, is a notable structure supplied by WG Armstrong, Whitworth and Co Ltd. It is made of cast iron and features granite steps. The bridge consists of two girder cantilever sections, each measuring 13 meters in length and partially latticed. At each end, there are three curved stone steps. This footbridge was constructed during the enlargement and modernization of Greenland Lock and Greenland Dock to accommodate larger ships. Originally, the bridge was designed to swing apart in a horizontal plane to allow ships to pass from the River Thames into Greenland Dock. In 1987, the bridge and its hydraulic machinery were refurbished.

Local climate

Footbridge Over Greenland Dock 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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