Railway Viaduct Extending from Platforms of Greenwich Railway Station to Deptford Creek is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1995. Railway viaduct.
Railway Viaduct Extending from Platforms of Greenwich Railway Station to Deptford Creek
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1995
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Address
- Railway Viaduct Extending from Platforms of Greenwich Railway Station to Deptford Creek, Norman Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 377 773
- Coordinates
- 51.47804, -0.01787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway viaduct for the London and Greenwich Railway extends from the platforms of Greenwich Railway Station to Deptford Creek. Its construction was authorized by an Act of Parliament in 1833, and the railway opened to Greenwich in 1838. The viaduct is built of grey brick and features eighteen arches, each measuring 20 feet wide from center to center and 22 feet high. The railbed, which is 28 feet wide, is enclosed by parapets that are roughly four and a half feet high. This viaduct is notable for carrying the first passenger railway in London and represents one of the first major achievements of railway engineering in Britain.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct Extending from Platforms of Greenwich Railway Station to Deptford Creek 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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