Hugh's Crag Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Railway viaduct.

Hugh's Crag Viaduct

WRENN ID
north-corner-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Railway viaduct
Address
Hugh's Crag Viaduct, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge
OS grid reference
NY 524 270
Coordinates
54.63636, -2.73822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hugh's Crag Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in 1846 by John Locke for the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway. It is constructed from quarry-faced red sandstone ashlar and features a high structure with five segmental arches and a solid parapet. Originally named Clifton Viaduct when it was completed, it was highlighted in John Steel's 1847 publication, "Guide to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway," as one of the engineering achievements of the line. The viaduct is located partly within the boundaries of Yanwath and Eamont Bridge civil parish.

Local climate

Hugh's Crag Viaduct sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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