Workington Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1985. Bridge.
Workington Bridge
- WRENN ID
- fading-iron-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Workington Bridge, Northside Road
- OS grid reference
- NY 007 290
- Coordinates
- 54.64699, -3.53918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Workington Bridge is a road bridge built in 1841, as indicated by the inscription on the central parapet stones, which reads "WORKINGTON BRIDGE, BUILT AD 1841, THOMAS MILTON CIVIL ENGINEER, THOMAS NELSON BUILDER" and is identical on each side. The bridge is constructed from calciferous sandstone ashlar and features three segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs, supported by two round-ended piers. It has a solid parapet with chamfered coping on three paired pilasters, and there are cast iron parapet railings over the northern arch. The later approach walls on either side and the bridge over the former railway are not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Workington Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,540 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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