Packhorse bridge
A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow (one horse wide) masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the panniers borne by the horses.[1] Multi-arched examples sometimes have triangular cutwaters that are extended upward to form pedestrian refuges.[2]Template:Rp
Packhorse bridges were often built on the trade routes (often called packhorse routes) that formed major transport arteries across Europe and Great Britain until the coming of the turnpike roads and canals in the 18th century.[1] Before the road-building efforts of Napoleon, all crossings of the Alps were on packhorse trails.[3] Travellers' carriages were dismantled and transported over the mountain passes by ponies and mule trains.
Definition
In the British Isles at least, the definition of a packhorse bridge is somewhat nebulous. Ernest Hinchliffe discusses the difficulty of defining a true packhorse bridge in A Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of England.[2] He claims that "before the eighteenth century bridges were described as 'horse bridges' or 'cart bridges'" and his strict definition excludes the latter. He suggests that a classic packhorse bridge should generally be:
- less than Template:Convert in width;
- built before 1800;
- on a recognised packhorse route.
He categorises the 190 English bridges listed in his book into three groups:
- Group 1: Template:Convert wide or less, built before 1800 and with known packhorse associations;
- Group 2: bridges that fail one or other of the above criteria, but which are generally referred to as packhorse bridges;
- Group 3: bridges sometimes claimed as packhorse bridges, but dismissed as such by the author.[2]Template:Rp
The difficulty of classification is illustrated by Moulton Bridge in Suffolk, which Hinchliffe places in Group 1 but which English Heritage describes as "perhaps not strictly a packhorse bridge since it was wide enough to take carts".[4]
List of packhorse bridges in the British Isles
The following list includes all listed buildings described as packhorse bridges by English Heritage, Cadw, or Historic Scotland; all 106 of Hinchliffe's Group 1 bridges in England; and certain other candidates. (For England, Hinchliffe's Group numbers are given as superscripts after the bridge name.)
England
| County | Location | NameGroup | Photograph | Crosses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Sutton Template:Coord |
Sutton Packhorse Bridge1 | Potton Brook | Medieval with later repairs; two pointed arches. Grade II* listed,[5] Scheduled monument.[6] | |
| Cheshire | Crowton Template:Coord |
Acton Brook | Single segmental arch. Carries public bridleway. | ||
| Cheshire | Hockenhull Platts Template:Coord |
Roman Bridges1 | River Gowy | Three bridges, "probably late 18th-century"[7] or "late 17th-century".[8] Grade II listed.[7][9] The three bridges carry a public byway. | |
| Cheshire | Quarry Bank Mill, Styal Template:Coord |
The Packhorse Bridge | River Bollin | 1820, single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[10] Carries a public byway. | |
| Cheshire/Derbyshire | Three Shire Heads Template:Coord |
Three Shire Heads Bridge2 | River Dane | Probably late 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[11] Carries public byway. | |
| Cornwall | Bowithick Template:Coord |
Bowithick Bridge | Penpont Water | Probably early 19th-century; three stone arches, one larger and two small. Grade II listed.[12] | |
| Cornwall | Launceston Template:Coord |
West Bridge (Prior's Bridge) | River Kensey | Late medieval; five-span bridge with two cut-waters. Grade I listed.[13] | |
| Cumbria | Ambleside Template:Coord |
High Sweden Bridge1 | Scandale Beck | Late 17th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[14]< Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Barbon Template:Coord |
High Beckfoot Bridge1 | Barbon Beck | Probably late 17th- or 18th-century; described as "ruinous" in 1725.[8] Single-span. Grade II listed.[15] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Dean Template:Coord |
Calva Hall packhorse bridge1 | River Marron | Dated 1697;[2]Template:Rp single-span. Grade II listed.[16] | |
| Cumbria | Drigg Template:Coord |
Drigg Holme Packhorse Bridge1 | River Irt | Single-span. Scheduled monument.[17] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Eskdale Template:Coord |
Doctor[s] Bridge2 | River Esk | Probably 17th-century, widened in 1734. Grade II listed.[18] Carries public road. | |
| Cumbria | Gaisgill Template:Coord |
Barugh Bridge1 | Rais Gill | Probably 18th-century, but maybe earlier. Grade II listed.[19] Carries public byway. | |
| Cumbria | Knock Template:Coord |
Swindale Beck | Possibly 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[20] | ||
| Cumbria | Little Langdale Template:Coord |
Slater[s] Bridge1 | River Brathay | 17th-century; two clapper slabs and a single arch. Grade II* listed.[21] Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Lowgill Template:Coord |
Lowgill Packhorse Bridge | Lowgill Beck | Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[22] | |
| Cumbria | Pennington Template:Coord |
Devil's Bridge1 | Rathmoss Beck | 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[23] Alongside public road. | |
| Cumbria | Sca Fell Template:Coord |
Lingcove or Throstlegarth Bridge1 | Lingcove Beck | Single arch. On Open Access land. | |
| Cumbria | Seathwaite, Allerdale Template:Coord |
Stockley Bridge2 | Grains Gill | Early- or mid-18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[24] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Shap Template:Coord |
Parish Crag Bridge1 | Swindale Beck | Probably 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[25] Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Shap Template:Coord |
Park Bridge2 | Haweswater Beck | 1860–69; single span.[26] Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Stainton Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Stainton Beck | Probably 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[27] Adjacent to ford. | |
| Cumbria | Ullock Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Black Beck | Single span.[2]Template:Rp | |
| Cumbria | Wasdale Head Template:Coord |
Row Bridge1 | Mosedale Beck | Probably 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[28][29] | |
| Cumbria | Watendlath Template:Coord |
Watendlath Packhorse Bridge1 | Watendlath Beck | 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[30][31] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Wilton Template:Coord |
Monk's Bridge1 | River Calder | Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single span. Also known as High Wath Bridge, Mattie Benn's Bridge, Hannah Benn Bridge and Roman Bridge.[2]Template:Rp Grade II listed.[32][33] | |
| Cumbria | Winster Template:Coord |
tributary of River Winster | Probably 17th-century. Grade II listed.[34] Adjacent to A5074 road. | ||
| Cumbria | Winster Template:Coord |
Winster Bridge1 | River Winster | 1729 with 20th-century parapet; single span. Grade II listed.[35] | |
| Derbyshire | Ashford-in-the-Water Template:Coord |
Sheepwash Bridge2 | River Wye | 18th-century; three low arches, with integral walled sheep pen on southern bank. Grade II* listed,[36] Scheduled monument. | |
| Derbyshire | Bakewell Template:Coord |
Holme Bridge1 | River Wye | 1664; five segmental arches. Grade I listed,[37] Scheduled monument.[38] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire | Edale Template:Coord |
Gibraltar Bridge1 | Grindsbrook | 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[39] Carries public footpath. | |
| Derbyshire | Edale Template:Coord |
Youngate or Jacob's Ladder Bridge1 | River Noe | Possibly 17th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[40] Carries public bridleway (part of the Pennine Way). | |
| Derbyshire | nr Errwood Hall Template:Coord |
Goyts Bridge1 | River Goyt | Moved to current position in 1968 from Goyt's Bridge hamlet. In open access land. | |
| Derbyshire | Hayfield Template:Coord |
Bowden Bridge1 | River Kinder | Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[41] Carries public footpath. | |
| Derbyshire/Staffordshire | Hollinsclough Template:Coord |
Hopping Packhorse Bridge1 | River Dove | Single semicircular arch.[2]Template:Rp Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire/Staffordshire | Hollinsclough Template:Coord |
Washgate Bridge1 | River Dove | Early 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed, "A rare example of a perfectly preserved packhorse bridge."[42] Carries public byway. | |
| Derbyshire/South Yorkshire | Howden Reservoir Template:Coord |
Slippery Stones Bridge2 | River Derwent | 1672; two segmental arches. Rebuilt 1959 after relocation from Derwent village. Grade II listed,[43] Scheduled monument.[44] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire | Lea Hall Template:Coord |
Bradbourne Brook | 17th-century or earlier; single pointed arch. Formerly Grade II listed, now delisted.[45] On private land. | ||
| Derbyshire/South Yorkshire | Longdendale Template:Coord |
Ladyshaw Bridge | Salter's Brook | 17th-century; single-span. Carries public byway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. | |
| Derbyshire/Staffordshire | Milldale Template:Coord |
Viator's Bridge1 | River Dove | 17th-century or earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[46] Carries public footpath. Mentioned in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton. | |
| Derbyshire | Youlgreave Template:Coord |
Bradford Packhorse Bridge1 | River Bradford | 18th-century, single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[47] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire | Youlgreave Template:Coord |
Coalpit Bridge1 | River Lathkill | Mid-18th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II listed.[48] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Devon | Brendon Template:Coord |
Packhorse Bridge | East Lyn River | Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[49] | |
| Devon | Drewsteignton Template:Coord |
Fingle Bridge | River Teign | 17th-century Grade II* listed three-arch granite bridge carrying unclassified road with pedestrian refuges over cutwaters.[50] | |
| Devon | Membury Template:Coord |
Beckford Bridge1 | River Yarty | 18th- or 19th-century; single-span. Grade II listed,[51] Scheduled monument.[52] | |
| Devon | Sidford Template:Coord |
Sidford Bridge1 | River Sid | Said to be 12th-century. Grade II listed. Parapets of original packhorse bridge incorporated into widened road bridge of 1930 carrying A3052 road.[53] | |
| Devon | Westcott Barton, Marwood Template:Coord |
Knowl Water | Probably 18th- or early 19th-century. Grade II listed.[54] Carries public footpath. | ||
| Dorset | near Corfe Castle Template:Coord |
Sharford Bridge1 | Corfe River | Scheduled monument.[55] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Fifehead Neville Template:Coord |
Fifehead Neville Packhorse Bridge1 | River Divelish | Probably medieval. Grade II listed; two triangular pointed arches.[56][57] Carries footpath alongside ford on public road. | |
| Dorset | Gussage St Michael Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge | River Allen | Probably 18th-century; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[58] Carries public footpath. | |
| Dorset | Holwell Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Caundle Brook | Probably medieval, with 19th- and 20th-century alterations. Grade II listed.[59] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Rampisham Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | River Frome | 16th- or 17th-century alterations; three pointed arches. Grade II listed.[60] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Sturminster Marshall Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | River Winterborne | 17th-century; single cambered arch. Grade II listed.[61] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Tarrant Monkton Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | River Tarrant | Probably 17th-century; 3 segmental arches. Grade II listed.[62] Alongside ford on public road. | |
| Durham | Bowes Template:Coord |
Nabb Bridge1 | Deepdale Beck | 1699 per datestone (contra English Heritage listing, which says "Mid C18"); single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[63] | |
| Durham | Brafferton Template:Coord |
Ketton Packhorse Bridge1 | River Skerne | Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[64] | |
| Durham | Cornsay Template:Coord |
Pan Burn | Possibly early 18th-century; single wide segmental arch. Grade II listed.[65] On private land. | ||
| Durham | Egglestone Abbey Template:Coord |
Bow Bridge1 | Thorsgill Beck | 17th-century; single round arch.[2]Template:Rp Grade II listed.[66] | |
| Durham | Headlam Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Headlam or Dyance Beck | Probably 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[67] | |
| Durham | West Hope Template:Coord |
West Hope Packhorse Bridge1 | Hill or Waitgill Beck | Single segmental arch.[2]Template:Rp | |
| Essex | Feering Template:Coord |
Roman Arches | River Blackwater | c.1750; seven brick arches. Under restoration.[68] | |
| Gloucestershire | Slad Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Dillay Brook | Carries public footpath. | |
| Gloucestershire/Warwickshire | Todenham Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Knee Brook | Possibly 16th-century in origin, rebuilt 18th century; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[69] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Gloucestershire | Wickwar Template:Coord |
Sturt Bridge1 | Little Avon River | Also known as Roman Arch. Probably late medieval or 16th-/17th-century; two arches. Grade II listed.[70] Carries public footpath. | |
| Greater Manchester | Prestolee Template:Coord |
Prestolee Bridge1 | River Irwell | Late 18th-century; five semicircular arches with cutwaters. Grade II listed.[71] | |
| Greater Manchester | Strines Template:Coord |
Roman Bridge1 | River Goyt | 18th-century; single segmental span. Grade II listed.[72][73] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Greater Manchester | Uppermill Template:Coord |
Diggle Brook | "Medieval". Adjacent to Oldham & Ripponden Trust Turnpike bridge (1864)[74] and Brownhill Bridge Mill, which is Grade II listed.[75] | ||
| Kent | Eynsford Template:Coord |
Eynsford Bridge | River Darent | 17th-century, two round arches. Grade II listed.[76] | |
| Lancashire | Barrowford Template:Coord |
Higherford Old Bridge2 | Pendle Water | 16th/17th-century, parapets added 1814–15; single span. Grade II* listed,[77] Scheduled monument.[78] | |
| Lancashire | Bleasdale Template:Coord |
Brooks Packhorse Bridge1 | River Brock | Single-span. Listed per Hinchliffe,[2]Template:Rp but not in English Heritage listings. | |
| Lancashire | Catlow Bottoms Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Catlow Brook | "Perhaps C17"; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[79] | |
| Lancashire | Capernwray Template:Coord |
River Keer | Date uncertain; single semi-elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[80] | ||
| Lancashire | Clitheroe Template:Coord |
Old Bridge, Lower Hodder; Cromwell's Bridge | River Hodder | c. 1562; three segmental arches, the middle arch being wider. Grade II* listed,[81][82] Scheduled monument.[83] | |
| Lancashire | Sawley Template:Coord |
Swanside Bridge | Smithies Brook | 17th-century or earlier; single high segmental arch. Grade II listed.[84] Carries public footpath. | |
| Lancashire | Wycoller Template:Coord |
Wycoller Packhorse Bridge1 | Wycoller Beck | 17th-century or perhaps earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II* listed,[85] Scheduled monument.[86] Carries a public footpath. | |
| Leicestershire | Anstey Template:Coord |
Anstey Bridge1 | Rothley Brook | Also known as The Old Bridge. Dated by W.G.Hoskins as c. 1500, by Jervoise as late 17th-century, and by English Heritage as 16th/17th-century;[2]Template:Rp five arches. Grade II* listed,[87] Scheduled monument.[88] Carries public footpath. | |
| Leicestershire | Anstey Template:Coord |
King William's Bridge3 | Rothley Brook | Probably 17th-century; two round arches. Grade II listed.[89] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Leicestershire | Aylestone Template:Coord |
Aylestone Old Bridge1 | River Soar | Also known as the Roman Bridge. Probably 15th-century; eleven small arches (eight on bridge, three on causeway). Grade II* listed,[90] Scheduled monument.[91] | |
| Leicestershire | Medbourne Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Medbourne Brook | Possibly 13th-century; four arches. Scheduled monument.[92] | |
| Leicestershire | Rearsby Template:Coord |
Seven Arch Bridge1 | Rearsby Brook | Pevsner says medieval, but datestone says 1714; seven semicircular arches, one almost buried. Grade II listed.[93] | |
| Leicestershire | Thurcaston Template:Coord |
Coffin Bridge1 | Rothley Brook | Three similar bridges between Thurcaston and Cropston: Sandham Bridge (Template:Coord) and Coffin Bridge (Template:Coord), both with two arches, and a third, single-span, bridge at Template:Coord. All three are 16th- or 17th-century and separately Grade II listed.[94][95][96] | |
| Lincolnshire | Utterby Template:Coord |
Utterby Packhorse Bridge1 | 14th-century; double chamfered cambered arch. Grade II* listed.[97] | ||
| Lincolnshire | West Rasen Template:Coord |
Bishop's Bridge1 | River Rase | 15th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed,[98] Scheduled monument.[99] | |
| Norfolk | Walsingham Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | River Stiffkey | Original date unknown, probably reconstructed late 19th century; four small arches. Grade II listed.[100] In grounds of Walsingham Abbey. | |
| Northamptonshire | Charwelton Template:Coord |
Charwelton Bridge1 | River Cherwell | Probably 15th-century; two pointed arches. Grade II listed,[101] Scheduled monument.[102] Carries roadside pavement. | |
| Northumberland | Ovingham Template:Coord |
Ovingham Packhorse Bridge1 | Whittle Burn | 18th-century per English Heritage (Hinchliffe says 1698[2]Template:Rp); two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[103] | |
| North Yorkshire | Aldbrough St John Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Aldbrough Beck | Possibly 16th- or 17th-century; three segmental pointed arches. Grade II listed.[104] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Birstwith Template:Coord |
New Bridge1 | River Nidd | Also known as Haxby Bridge. 1822; single-span. Grade II listed.[105] Carries public right-of-way. | |
| North Yorkshire | Boltby Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Gurtof Beck | Single semicircular arch.[2]Template:Rp | |
| North Yorkshire | Clapham Template:Coord |
Brokken Bridge1 | Clapham Beck | Probably 18th-century; single segmental arch.[106] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Croft-on-Tees Template:Coord |
Clow Beck Packhorse Bridge1 | Clow Beck | Possibly 15th-century; two segmental arches on differing alignments. Grade II listed.[107] Carries public bridleway. | |
| North Yorkshire | Danby Template:Coord |
Duck Bridge1 | River Esk | Ancient stone bridge over the River Esk, about 1 km North from Danby Castle. | |
| North Yorkshire | Glaisdale Template:Coord |
Beggars Bridge2 | River Esk | 1619; single segmental arch. Grade II* listed.[108] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Hampsthwaite Template:Coord |
Cockhill Packhorse Bridge1 | Cockhill Beck | Probably 17th-century; single small semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[109] | |
| North Yorkshire | Hubberholme Template:Coord |
Crook Gill Bridge1 | Crook Gill | Single segmental arch.[2]Template:Rp | |
| North Yorkshire | Ivelet Template:Coord |
Ivelet Bridge2 | River Swale | Late 16th-century; single semicircular arch. Grade II* listed.[110] | |
| North Yorkshire | Knox nr Harrogate Template:Coord |
Knox or Spruisty Bridge1 | Oak Beck | 17th- or 18th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed.[111] | |
| North Yorkshire | Linton Template:Coord |
Redmayne Packhorse Bridge1 | Linton or Eller Beck | Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single shallow arch with additional flood arch. Grade II listed.[112] Carries public byway alongside ford. | |
| North Yorkshire | Norwood Template:Coord |
Dob Park Bridge1 | River Washburn | Probably early 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[113] Carries public byway. | |
| North Yorkshire | Pickering Template:Coord |
Ings Bridge1 | Pickering Beck | Probably early 19th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[114] Adjacent to public road. | |
| North Yorkshire | Ravenseat, Swaledale Template:Coord |
Ravenseat Bridge1 | Whitsundale Beck | 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[115] Carries farm access. | |
| North Yorkshire | Romanby Template:Coord |
Packhorse Bridge1 | Willow Beck | 16th-century, repaired 1621; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[116] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Skipton Template:Coord |
Skipton packhorse bridge | Wilderness Beck | Probably 17th-century; single arch. Grade II listed.[117] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Sowerby Template:Coord |
Town End Bridge1 | Cod Beck | Also known as World's End Bridge. 1672; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[118] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Spofforth Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge | River Crimple | 18th-century; single arch. Grade II listed.[119] | |
| North Yorkshire | Stokesley Template:Coord |
Taylorson's Bridge1 | River Leven | 17th- or early 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[120] | |
| North Yorkshire | Thornthwaite Template:Coord |
Thornthwaite Packhorse Bridge1 | Fall or Padside or Darley Beck | Single segmental span. Scheduled monument.[121] | |
| North Yorkshire | Westerdale Template:Coord |
Hunter's Sty (Stee) Bridge2 | River Esk | 13th-century, restored 1874; single round span. Scheduled monument.[122] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Yockenthwaite Template:Coord |
Yockenthwaite Bridge2 | River Wharfe | Probably early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[123] | |
| Nottinghamshire | Ratcliffe-on-Soar Template:Coord |
Red Hill Lock Bridge | River Soar (Loughborough Navigation) |
Late 18th- or early 19th-century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed.[124] Although described as such in the official listing, this canal bridge is not a packhorse bridge by most accepted definitions. | |
| Shropshire | Clun Template:Coord |
Clun Bridge | River Clun | Probably 16th-century; five segmental arches. Grade II listed.[125] Carries A488 road. | |
| Shropshire | Rushbury Template:Coord |
Rushbury Packhorse Bridge1 | Eaton Brook | 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[126] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | Allerford Template:Coord |
Allerford Bridge1 | River Aller | Medieval; two segmental-headed arches. Grade II* listed,[127] Scheduled monument.[128] Adjoins public road through ford. | |
| Somerset | Bruton Template:Coord |
Bow Bridge, Plox1 | River Brue | Possibly 15th-century; single-span. Grade I listed,[129] Scheduled monument.[130] | |
| Somerset | Charterhouse Template:Coord |
17th- or 18th-century; single low segmental arch. Grade II listed.[131] | |||
| Somerset | Chew Stoke Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge3 | Strode Brook | Two round arches. | |
| Somerset | Chewton Keynsham Template:Coord |
Chewton Packhorse Bridge | River Chew | Early 18th-century; two segmental arches. Grade II listed,[132] Scheduled monument.[133] Carries public byway. | |
| Somerset | Dowlish Wake Template:Coord |
Dowlish Wake Packhorse Bridge | Dowlish Brook | 17th- or 18th-century rebuild of medieval bridge; four round arches (two inserted 1994–97 for flood relief purposes).[134] Grade II listed.[135] Carries public footpath alongside road. | |
| Somerset | Dunster Template:Coord |
Gallox Bridge1 | River Avill | Possibly 15th-century; two round arches. Grade I listed,[136] Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | Ilchester Template:Coord |
Pill Bridge1 | River Ivel | 17th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed,[137] Scheduled monument.[138] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | Horner Template:Coord |
Hacketty Way Bridge1 | River Horner | Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed,[139] Scheduled monument.[140] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | West Luccombe Template:Coord |
West Luccombe packhorse bridge | River Horner | Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed,[141] Scheduled monument.[142] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Oare Template:Coord |
Malmsmead Bridge | Badgworthy Water | 17th–18th-century; two rounded arches. Grade II listed.[143] Carries public road. | |
| Somerset | Oare Template:Coord |
Robber's Bridge | Weir Water | Carries public road. | |
| Somerset | Queen Camel Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | River Cam | Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Rode Template:Coord |
Scutt's Bridge1 | River Frome | Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[144] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Tellisford Template:Coord |
Tellisford Bridge2 | River Frome | Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[145] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Watchet Template:Coord |
Kentsford Bridge1 | Washford River | Probably late medieval; two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[146] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Wellow Template:Coord |
Wellow Bridge | Wellow Brook | Late medieval; two round arches. Grade II listed.[147] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Winsford Template:Coord |
Lyncombe Bridge | River Exe | 17th- or 18th-century, possibly earlier. Grade II listed.[148] | |
| Somerset | Winsford Template:Coord |
Old Vicarage Bridge1 | River Exe | Medieval, restored 1952; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[149] Carries public footpath, just upstream of 19th-century road bridge (also called Vicarage Bridge). | |
| Somerset | Winsford Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | Winn Brook | Medieval, restored 1952; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[150] | |
| South Yorkshire | Longshaw Template:Coord |
Burbage Brook Bridge1 | Burbage Brook | c. 1750; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[151] On open access moorland, near to Carl Wark. | |
| South Yorkshire | Oxspring Template:Coord |
Willow Bridge1 | River Don | Probably 17th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed.[152] On public bridleway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. | |
| South Yorkshire | Rivelin Valley Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | River Rivelin | c. 1775; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[153] In Country Park. | |
| South Yorkshire | Wharncliffe Side Template:Coord |
Glen Howe Packhorse Bridge2 | Tinker Brook | Formerly New Mill Bridge. 1734; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[154] In public park; resited during construction of Ewden Reservoir. | |
| Staffordshire | Great Haywood Template:Coord |
Essex Bridge1 | River Trent | Probably 16th-century; fourteen round arches. Described as "perhaps the least altered old bridge in the county"[155] and "the longest packhorse bridge in the country".[2]Template:Rp Grade I listed,[155] Scheduled monument.[156] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Staffordshire | Tamworth Template:Coord |
The Old Bolebridge | River Anker | No longer extant; demolished c.1878–79.[157] | |
| Staffordshire | Wetton, Staffordshire Template:Coord |
Wetton or Wettonmill Bridge | River Manifold | Early 19th-century; four semicircular arches with triangular section buttresses. Described as a packhorse bridge by English Heritage,[158] though perhaps more accurately a cart bridge. Carries public byway. | |
| Suffolk | Cavenham Template:Coord |
Stone Bridge2 | tributary of River Lark | Probably 16th-century; single segmental brick arch. Grade II listed.[159] Adjacent to public road. | |
| Suffolk | Moulton Template:Coord |
Moulton Packhorse Bridge1 | River Kennett | ca. 1446[160] with 18th-century alterations;[4] four pointed arches. Grade II* listed,[161] Scheduled monument.[162] Carries public footpath. | |
| Surrey | Ewell Template:Coord |
The Packhorse Bridge | Hogsmill River | 18th-century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed.[163] | |
| Surrey | Gomshall Template:Coord |
River Tillingbourne | 15th-century; three arches. Grade II listed.[164] | ||
| Warwickshire | Shustoke Template:Coord |
Blyth Hall Packhorse Bridge | River Blythe | 18th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[165] | |
| West Midlands | Hampton-in-Arden Template:Coord |
Hampton in Arden packhorse bridge2 | River Blythe | 15th-century; three stone and two brick arches. Grade II* listed,[166] Scheduled monument.[167] | |
| West Yorkshire | Bingley Template:Coord |
Beckfoot Bridge1 | Harden Beck | c.1723; single-span. Grade II listed.[168] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Clayton West Template:Coord |
Park Mill Bridge1 | River Dearne | Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[169] Carries public right-of-way. | |
| West Yorkshire | Colden Template:Coord |
Strines Bridge1 | Colden Water | Possibly 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[170] Carries public footpath; contra Hinchliffe, the English Heritage listing calls it a "fine graceful example of the packhorse type of bridge, but which having steps was probably only ever used as a foot-bridge...."[171] | |
| West Yorkshire | Goose Eye Template:Coord |
Dean Beck | Date unknown; single arch. Grade II listed.[172] Adjacent to clapper bridge; carries public bridleway. | ||
| West Yorkshire | Haworth Template:Coord |
Long Bridge1 | River Worth | Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed.[173] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Hebden Bridge Template:Coord |
The Old Bridge2 | Hebden Water | Also known as Hepton Brig.[2]Template:Rp c.1510; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed.[174] Carries public right-of-way. | |
| West Yorkshire | Loxley Template:Coord |
River Loxley | Probably 18th-century, restored 1864. Grade II listed.[175] | ||
| West Yorkshire | Marsden Template:Coord |
Close Gate Bridge1 | Haigh Clough | 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed.[176] | |
| West Yorkshire | Marsden Template:Coord |
Mellor Bridge1 | River Colne | 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed.[177] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Meanwood Template:Coord |
Meanwood Beck | Early 18th-century. Grade II listed, "a rare survival of a pack-horse bridge sited within a suburban setting".[178] | ||
| West Yorkshire | Oxenhope Template:Coord |
North Ives or Donkey Bridge1 | Bridgehouse Beck | Date uncertain; single steeply arched span. Grade II listed.[179] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Rishworth Moor Template:Coord |
Oxygrains Old Bridge2 | Oxygrains Clough | Probably early 17th-century;[180] single-span. Scheduled monument.[181] On Access Land. | |
| West Yorkshire | Script error: No such module "anchor".Ripponden Template:Coord |
Waterloo or Ripponden Old Bridge2 | River Ryburn | 1752;[182] single-span. Grade II* listed,[183] Scheduled monument.[184] Public road. | |
| West Yorkshire | Stanbury Template:Coord |
Lumbfoot Bridge1 | River Worth | Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed.[185] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Wakefield Template:Coord |
Little Bridge1 | River Calder | Probably 18th-century; three elliptical arches. Grade II listed.[186] | |
| West Yorkshire | Wadsworth Template:Coord |
Lumb Bridge1 | Crimsworth Dean Beck | Probably early 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[187] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Wiltshire | Coombe Bissett Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge2 | River Ebble | Medieval, widened in the 19th century; three low two-centred arches. Grade II listed.[188] Carries public footpath. | |
| Wiltshire | Melksham Template:Coord |
packhorse bridge1 | River Avon | 1725; four segmental arches. Grade II listed.[189] Carries public footpath. | |
| Worcestershire | Astley Template:Coord |
New Bridge | Dick Brook | Late 18th- or early 19th-century, possibly earlier, single arch. Grade II listed.[190] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Worcestershire | Shell Template:Coord |
Shell Packhorse Bridge1 | Bow Brook | 17th-century or earlier, two round arches. Grade II listed.[191] Adjacent to ford on public road. |
Isle of Man
| County | Location | Name | Photograph | Crosses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man | Ballasalla Template:Coord |
Crossag or Monks' Bridge | Silver Burn | c. 1350; two slightly pointed arches. "It is believed to be the best example of [a] medieval bridge in the British Isles."[192] |
Scotland
| County | Location | Name | Photograph | Crosses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borders | Stow of Wedale Template:Coord |
Stow Old Bridge | Gala Water | 1655; three segmental arches. Grade B listed.[193] | |
| Highland | Carrbridge Template:Coord |
Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge | River Dulnain | 1717; slender arch. Category B listed.[194][195] | |
| Fife | Coaltown of Balgonie Template:Coord |
Barrel Brig | River Ore, Fife | Early 18th century; double-span with cutwaters. Grade B listed, Scheduled monument.[196][197] | |
| Highland | John o' Groats Template:Coord |
Huna Burn | 1651; single-span. Grade B listed.[198] | ||
| South Lanarkshire | East Kilbride Template:Coord |
Craig Mill Packhorse Bridge | White Cart Water | Single-span. Grade B listed.[199] |
Wales
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