Pack-Horse Bridge Over Wilderness Beck is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1978. Bridge.

Pack-Horse Bridge Over Wilderness Beck

WRENN ID
quiet-wicket-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 March 1978
Type
Bridge
Address
Pack-Horse Bridge Over Wilderness Beck, Newmarket Street, Skipton
OS grid reference
SD 994 516
Coordinates
53.96101, -2.01018
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pack-horse bridge over Wilderness Beck, likely built in the 17th century, is a low single-span structure featuring large flag paving and one original low parapet. It is reported that there are mason's marks under the arch that resemble those found in the nearby castle.

Local climate

Pack-Horse Bridge Over Wilderness Beck sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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