Dorothy Vernon's Bridge Over River Wye is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. A C17 Bridge.

Dorothy Vernon's Bridge Over River Wye

WRENN ID
grim-outpost-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1967
Type
Bridge
Address
Dorothy Vernon's Bridge Over River Wye, Haddon Road, Nether Haddon, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 235 662
Coordinates
53.19308, -1.64926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dorothy Vernon's Bridge is a narrow footbridge dating from the 17th century, located over the River Wye in Nether Haddon. It is constructed of gritstone and limestone rubble, featuring two segmental arches made of gritstone rubble voussoirs. Triangular-sectioned cutwaters are positioned between the arches on either side. Above the arches, there are low rubble parapets with rubble copings, and the walls thicken at either end. The bridge is named after the legend that Dorothy Vernon used it to escape and elope with her lover during her sister's wedding festivities.

Local climate

Dorothy Vernon's Bridge Over River Wye receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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