Five Arch Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1980. Bridge.

Five Arch Bridge

WRENN ID
gilded-gravel-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bexley
Constituency
Old Bexley and Sidcup MP: Mr Louie French (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1980
Type
Bridge
Address
Five Arch Bridge, North Cray Road
OS grid reference
TQ 482 718
Coordinates
51.42655, 0.1307
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Five Arch Bridge, located on North Cray Road, was built around 1781 and is a Grade II listed structure. This footbridge features five arches of varying sizes and incorporates a weir on its north side. The bridge has a curved parapet with ends that curve outwards. While it is primarily constructed of yellow brick, there are sections of red brick on each side, and it has courses of flint below a stone band. The original stone parapet has been largely replaced with cement. This bridge historically connected the two former estates of North Cray Place and Foots Cray Place, as part of the landscaping work done by Lancelot Brown in both parks.

Local climate

Five Arch Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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