Former Severn and Wye Railway Tramway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1994. Bridge.
Former Severn and Wye Railway Tramway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stony-footing-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1994
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Former Severn and Wye Railway Tramway Bridge, Station Road, Lydney
- OS grid reference
- SO 633 019
- Coordinates
- 51.7155, -2.53243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Severn and Wye Railway Tramway Bridge is a tramway bridge built around 1810 for the Lydney and Lydbrook Canal Company, which later became part of the Severn and Wye Railway. It is constructed from squared and coursed stone with an ashlar parapet, and it is set on a curved alignment featuring voussoirs to a semi-circular arch. This bridge is a complete and rare example of a structure associated with a horse-drawn tramway, predating the introduction of steam-powered locomotion. The tramroad was developed to enhance the export of coal from the Forest of Dean, facilitating transport both up the Wye River to Hereford and to the Thames Valley via the basin at Lydney and the River Severn.
Local climate
Former Severn and Wye Railway Tramway Bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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