Smardale Bridge Over Scandal Beck South of Smardalegill Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Packhorse bridge.
Smardale Bridge Over Scandal Beck South of Smardalegill Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- proud-keystone-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Packhorse bridge
- Address
- Smardale Bridge Over Scandal Beck South of Smardalegill Viaduct, Ravenstonedale, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 720 059
- Coordinates
- 54.44823, -2.4322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smardale Bridge is a packhorse bridge located over Scandal Beck, south of Smardalegill Viaduct. It is likely from the 18th century and has had some later additions. The bridge is constructed from coursed, squared rubble and features flat copings. The original abutments are found at the west end of the north parapet and the east end of the south parapet, while later abutments, which are part of field walls, have been added to the east end of the north parapet and the west end of the south. The bridge has a single segmental arch that spans approximately 30 feet, and the roadway is about 6 feet wide between parapets that rise to around 3 feet high.
Local climate
Smardale Bridge Over Scandal Beck South of Smardalegill Viaduct sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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