Primrose Hill Canal Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Footbridge. 1 related planning application.

Primrose Hill Canal Footbridge

WRENN ID
rusted-crypt-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Footbridge
Address
Primrose Hill Canal Footbridge, Regent's Park Nw1, City of Westminster, NW1 4SY
OS grid reference
TQ 277 834
Coordinates
51.53582, -0.15926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Primrose Hill Canal Footbridge is a canal footbridge built around 1864 for the Regent's Canal Company, likely by the iron founder Henry Grissell, known for his work at the Canal Company's ironworks in Hoxton. The bridge is made of cast iron and features masonry abutments. It has a single span segmental arch supported by rusticated plinths and piers, which include cornices. The bridge is adorned with cast iron railings that have scroll bracketed standards, and there are coped masonry parapets leading to the approaches.

Local climate

Primrose Hill Canal Footbridge 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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