Birks Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Bridge.
Birks Bridge
- WRENN ID
- watchful-sandstone-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Birks Bridge, Ulpha, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- SD 234 993
- Coordinates
- 54.38382, -3.18068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birks Bridge is a bridge over the River Duddon, likely built in the 18th century. It is constructed from stone rubble and features a segmental arch spanning a small ravine, with dressed voussoirs. The parapets include built-in drain pipes to manage water runoff from the roadway and extend to the east, where they have rectangular openings. The bridge is 2.5 meters wide.
Local climate
Birks Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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