Wareham Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Bridge.

Wareham Bridge

WRENN ID
errant-belfry-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Bridge
Address
Wareham Bridge, Alington Road, Dorchester
OS grid reference
SY 701 900
Coordinates
50.70941, -2.42417
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wareham Bridge, built around 1847, is constructed of hammer-dressed stone. The abutments feature vitreous brick strings. It has a single flat span and is adorned with ornamental cast iron parapets, which are concealed by taller corrugated iron ones on the inside. The bridge is listed for its distinctive parapets.

Local climate

Wareham Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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