Lock and Swing Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1990. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Lock and Swing Bridge

WRENN ID
standing-zinc-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Erith and Thamesmead MP: Ms Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1990
Type
Bridge
Address
Lock and Swing Bridge, Broadwater Estate Thamesmead, SE28 0HQ
OS grid reference
TQ 446 797
Coordinates
51.49857, 0.08298
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lock and Swing Bridge, located on the Royal Arsenal Canal in Thamesmead, was constructed between 1812 and 1814 for the lock and in 1876 for the swing bridge. The entrance lock is made of brick, featuring dressings and coping made from Dundee stone, with 20th-century riveted steel lock gates. An iron swing bridge is situated at the southwest corner of the lock. The Royal Arsenal Canal was created to facilitate the transport of supplies, particularly timber, to the arsenal and to secure the eastern boundary of the site. The swing bridge was added to accommodate a standard gauge railway line that connected to the London, Chatham and Dover Railway at Plumstead in 1876.

Local climate

Lock and Swing Bridge 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 98% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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