Dalston Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Dalston Bridge
- WRENN ID
- hidden-jamb-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NY 369 491
- Coordinates
- 54.83286, -2.98288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dalston Bridge is a road bridge over the River Caldew, dated 1812, featuring the inscription "UNION BRIDGE" on the central parapet stones. The bridge is constructed of snecked red sandstone ashlar and has three segmental arches supported by pointed cutwaters. There is a string course beneath a solid parapet, with oval inscription stones on either side. It is referred to as Dalston Bridge on the Ordnance Survey map.
Local climate
Dalston Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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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