Askham Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Askham Bridge
- WRENN ID
- proud-flagstone-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Askham Bridge, Lowther, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 518 239
- Coordinates
- 54.60805, -2.747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Askham Bridge is a road bridge dated on the parapet stone, inscribed with "ON SEPTEMBER XVII MDCCCXCVII THIS STONE WAS LAID BY THE COUNTESS OF LONSDALE." It is constructed of pink sandstone ashlar and features a single-span segmental arch with recessed voussoirs. The bridge has a string course and solid parapets with chamfered coping. The abutments are supported by stepped buttresses, which also support four rectangular pedestrian refuges. Part of the bridge lies within Askham civil parish.
Local climate
Askham Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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