Tower Bridge Approach is a Grade I listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Bridge approach. 18 related planning applications.
Tower Bridge Approach
- WRENN ID
- knotted-timber-honey
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge approach
- Address
- Tower Bridge Approach, Tower Bridge Ec3
- OS grid reference
- TQ 337 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50751, -0.0741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tower Bridge Approach is a significant structure built in 1894. It features a ramped design leading to Tower Bridge, complemented by cast iron balustrades and interval lamps positioned on the balustrades. This approach is part of a group that includes the London Hydraulic Power Company Subways Entrance, eight bollards outside the main entrance to the Tower of London, the Tower itself, the Queen's Stairs, and Tower Hill.
Local climate
Tower Bridge Approach 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 18 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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