Long Close Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Long Close Bridge

WRENN ID
unlit-railing-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Long Close Bridge, B6270, Muker, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SD 900 979
Coordinates
54.37693, -2.15471
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Long Close Bridge is a bridge built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of rubble and features a segmental arch made of rubble voussoirs. On the downstream side, there is a rubble dripmould. The parapet is topped with triangular coping.

Local climate

Long Close Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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