Wharfedale Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Viaduct.
Wharfedale Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- blind-nave-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Wharfedale Viaduct, Castley
- OS grid reference
- SE 263 455
- Coordinates
- 53.90579, -1.60048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wharfedale Viaduct is a viaduct completed in 1849, designed by engineer Thomas Grainger. It features 21 round arches, each with roll moulding at the springer level and voussoirs. The parapet also has roll moulding and stepped end-blocks where it meets the embankment. This viaduct spans the River Wharfe and was constructed for the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company, which became the Leeds Northern Railway in 1851.
Local climate
Wharfedale Viaduct receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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