High Borrow Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

High Borrow Bridge

WRENN ID
quartered-wattle-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1962
Type
Bridge
Address
High Borrow Bridge, Selside and Fawcett Forest, Westmorland and Furness, LA8 9LG
OS grid reference
NY 550 040
Coordinates
54.42982, -2.69509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Borrow Bridge is a bridge over Borrow Beck, likely built in the 18th century, with a later widening in the late 18th century. It is constructed from stone rubble and features a segmental arch made with thin voussoirs, some of which are long on the east face. The bridge has a plain straight parapet with upright stones used for coping, and the roadway is approximately 3.5 meters wide. This bridge is part of the route from Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge, which was established as a turnpike road in 1856, although it was later replaced by a new route over Shap Fell, which crosses Borrow Beck at Huck's Bridge around 1826.

Local climate

High Borrow Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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