Cattle Trough (At Junction of West Carriage Drive with Serpentine) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1991. A C19 Cattle trough.

Cattle Trough (At Junction of West Carriage Drive with Serpentine)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 July 1991
Type
Cattle trough
Address
Cattle Trough (At Junction of West Carriage Drive with Serpentine), Hyde Park Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 270 802
Coordinates
51.50657, -0.17079
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cattle trough located at the junction of West Carriage Drive with the Serpentine in Hyde Park, built in the late 19th century. It was provided by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, as inscribed on the trough. The trough is made of grey granite and is supported by rectangular blocks, with a waste water tray beneath it. One end features a shaped head and cistern. Founded in 1859, the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association added cattle troughs in 1867 to provide free fresh water to both people and animals at a time when clean water was scarce and often contaminated. By 1885, the troughs helped prevent dehydration in cattle driven to metropolitan markets and over 50,000 working horses in London.

Local climate

Cattle Trough (At Junction of West Carriage Drive with Serpentine) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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