Clapper Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Clapper Bridge

WRENN ID
unlit-belfry-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Clapper Bridge, Mill Road, Camborne
OS grid reference
SW 631 387
Coordinates
50.20095, -5.31995
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clapper Bridge is a public footbridge located over a stream on Camborne Mill Road, likely dating from the early 18th century or earlier. It is constructed of granite and features a clapper bridge design, consisting of three flat spans made from roughly-hewn stone planks that are paired and tied together with iron staples. These spans are supported by two substantial blocks set in the stream bed. On the south side of the bridge, there is a simple iron handrail that is held up by four very slender iron posts. This bridge is considered a rare survival.

Local climate

Clapper Bridge receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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