Packhorse Bridge at Foot of Jacobs Ladder is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Packhorse Bridge at Foot of Jacobs Ladder

WRENN ID
sacred-kitchen-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Packhorse Bridge at Foot of Jacobs Ladder, Upper Booth Lane, Edale, High Peak
OS grid reference
SK 088 861
Coordinates
53.37217, -1.86871
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Packhorse Bridge at the foot of Jacob's Ladder is a possibly 17th-century structure made of rubble gritstone. It features a single arch constructed with stones roughly laid as voussoirs and has a projecting drip course. The parapet walls, which are 27 inches apart at their closest point, have roughly rounded coping stones. This bridge is part of a historic packhorse route that connected Hayfield to Edale, in use from medieval times into the 18th century.

Local climate

Packhorse Bridge at Foot of Jacobs Ladder sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% 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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