Colebrook or Southborough Viaduct Colebrook Viaduct Southborough Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1950. Viaduct.

Colebrook or Southborough Viaduct Colebrook Viaduct Southborough Viaduct

WRENN ID
spare-finial-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1950
Type
Viaduct
Address
Colebrook or Southborough Viaduct Colebrook Viaduct Southborough Viaduct, Powder Mill Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 594 428
Coordinates
51.16285, 0.27918
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Colebrook or Southborough Viaduct, built in 1845, is a Grade II listed structure made of red brick. It features 26 arches that vary in height according to the slope of the ground. Above the arches, there is a stringcourse and a parapet. This viaduct is part of the original layout of the branch line connecting Tonbridge to Tunbridge Wells. The south-eastern third of the viaduct is located in the former Borough of Tunbridge Wells and is also listed under that area of the Tunbridge Wells District.

Local climate

Colebrook or Southborough Viaduct Colebrook Viaduct Southborough Viaduct receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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