Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Bridge.
Packhorse Bridge
- WRENN ID
- little-pewter-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Packhorse Bridge, Hollingsclough Rake, Hartington Upper Quarter, High Peak
- OS grid reference
- SK 052 673
- Coordinates
- 53.20341, -1.92317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Packhorse Bridge, located in Washgate, is an early 18th-century structure built from rubble and coursed rubble limestone with gritstone dressings. It features a shallow segmental arch, which has a carefully coursed lining, and shallow parapet walls topped with gritstone copings that are connected by iron cramps. The metalled surface of the routeway from the north continues onto the bridge. This bridge serves as a crossing point over the River Dove for an ancient packhorse route that runs from Longnor into the Goyt Valley. It is a rare example of a perfectly preserved packhorse bridge.
Local climate
Packhorse Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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