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Type of 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. Multi arched examples sometimes have triangular cutwaters that are extended upward to form pedestrian refuges. Travellers' carriages were dismantled and transported over the mountain passes by ponies and mule trains.

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.)

CountyLocationNameGroupPhotographCrossesNotesBedfordshireSuttonSutton Packhorse Bridge1Potton BrookMedieval with later repairs; two pointed arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. CheshireCrowtonActon BrookSingle segmental arch. Carries public bridleway. CheshireHockenhull PlattsRoman Bridges1River GowyThree bridges, "probably late 18th century" or "late 17th century". The three bridges carry a public byway. CheshireQuarry Bank Mill, StyalThe Packhorse BridgeRiver Bollin1820, single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries a public byway. Cheshire/DerbyshireThree Shire HeadsThree Shire Heads Bridge2River DaneProbably late 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public byway. CornwallBowithickBowithick BridgePenpont WaterProbably early 19th century; three stone arches, one larger and two small. Grade II listed. CornwallLauncestonWest Bridge (Prior's Bridge)River KenseyLate medieval; five span bridge with two cut waters. Grade I listed. CumbriaAmblesideHigh Sweden Bridge1Scandale BeckLate 17th century; single span. Grade II listed.< Carries public footpath. CumbriaBarbonHigh Beckfoot Bridge1Barbon BeckProbably late 17th or 18th century; described as "ruinous" in 1725. Single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. CumbriaDeanCalva Hall packhorse bridge1River MarronDated 1697;CumbriaDriggDrigg Holme Packhorse Bridge1River IrtSingle span. Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. CumbriaEskdaleDoctor[s] Bridge2River EskProbably 17th century, widened in 1734. Grade II listed. Carries public road. CumbriaGaisgillBarugh Bridge1Rais Gill Probably 18th century, but maybe earlier. Grade II listed. Carries public byway. CumbriaKnockSwindale BeckPossibly 17th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. CumbriaLittle LangdaleSlater[s] Bridge1River Brathay17th century; two clapper slabs and a single arch. Grade II* listed. Carries public footpath. CumbriaLowgillLowgill Packhorse BridgeLowgill BeckProbably 17th or 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. CumbriaPenningtonDevil's Bridge1Rathmoss Beck17th or 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Alongside public road. CumbriaSca FellLingcove or Throstlegarth Bridge1Lingcove BeckSingle arch. On Open Access land. CumbriaSeathwaite, AllerdaleStockley Bridge2Grains GillEarly or mid 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. CumbriaShapParish Crag Bridge1Swindale BeckProbably 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. CumbriaShapPark Bridge2Haweswater Beck1860–69; single span. Carries public footpath. CumbriaStaintonpackhorse bridge1Stainton BeckProbably 17th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to ford. CumbriaUllockpackhorse bridge1Black BeckSingle span. CumbriaWatendlathWatendlath Packhorse Bridge1Watendlath Beck18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. CumbriaWiltonMonk's Bridge1River CalderProbably 17th or 18th century; single span. Also known as High Wath Bridge, Mattie Benn's Bridge, Hannah Benn Bridge and Roman Bridge. CumbriaWinstertributary of River WinsterProbably 17th century. Grade II listed. Adjacent to A5074 road. CumbriaWinsterWinster Bridge1River Winster1729 with 20th century parapet; single span. Grade II listed. DerbyshireAshford in the WaterSheepwash Bridge2River Wye18th century; three low arches, with integral walled sheep pen on southern bank. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. DerbyshireBakewellHolme Bridge1River Wye1664; five segmental arches. Grade I listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. DerbyshireEdaleGibraltar Bridge1Grindsbrook18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. DerbyshireEdaleYoungate or Jacob's Ladder Bridge1River NoePossibly 17th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway (part of the Pennine Way). Derbyshirenr Errwood HallGoyts Bridge1River GoytMoved to current position in 1968 from Goyt's Bridge hamlet. In open access land. DerbyshireHayfieldBowden Bridge1River KinderProbably 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. Derbyshire/StaffordshireHollinscloughHopping Packhorse Bridge1River DoveSingle semicircular arch. Carries public byway. Derbyshire/South YorkshireHowden ReservoirSlippery Stones Bridge2River Derwent1672; two segmental arches. Rebuilt 1959 after relocation from Derwent village. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. DerbyshireLea HallBradbourne Brook17th century or earlier; single pointed arch. Formerly Grade II listed, now delisted. On private land. Derbyshire/South YorkshireLongdendaleLadyshaw BridgeSalter's Brook17th century; single span. Carries public byway, part of the Trans Pennine Trail. Derbyshire/StaffordshireMilldaleViator's Bridge1River Dove17th century or earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. Mentioned in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton. DerbyshireYoulgreaveBradford Packhorse Bridge1River Bradford18th century, single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. DerbyshireYoulgreaveCoalpit Bridge1River LathkillMid 18th century; three segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. DevonBrendonPackhorse BridgeEast Lyn RiverProbably 17th or 18th century; single round arch. Grade II listed. DevonDrewsteigntonFingle BridgeRiver Teign17th century Grade II* listed three arch granite bridge carrying unclassified road with pedestrian refuges over cutwaters. DevonMemburyBeckford Bridge1River Yarty18th or 19th century; single span. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. DevonSidfordSidford Bridge1River SidSaid to be 12th century. Grade II listed. Parapets of original packhorse bridge incorporated into widened road bridge of 1930 carrying A3052 road. DevonWestcott Barton, MarwoodKnowl WaterProbably 18th or early 19th century. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. Dorsetnear Corfe CastleSharford Bridge1Corfe RiverScheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. DorsetFifehead NevilleFifehead Neville Packhorse Bridge1River DivelishProbably medieval. Grade II listed; two triangular pointed arches. Carries footpath alongside ford on public road. DorsetGussage St Michaelpackhorse bridgeRiver AllenProbably 18th century; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. DorsetHolwellpackhorse bridge1Caundle BrookProbably medieval, with 19th and 20th century alterations. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. DorsetRampishampackhorse bridge1River Frome16th or 17th century alterations; three pointed arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. DorsetSturminster Marshallpackhorse bridge1River Winterborne17th century; single cambered arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. DorsetTarrant Monktonpackhorse bridge1River TarrantProbably 17th century; 3 segmental arches. Grade II listed. Alongside ford on public road. DurhamBowesNabb Bridge1Deepdale Beck1699 per datestone (contra English Heritage listing, which says "Mid C18"); single segmental arch. Grade II listed. DurhamBraffertonKetton Packhorse Bridge1River SkerneLate 17th or early 18th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. DurhamCornsayPan BurnPossibly early 18th century; single wide segmental arch. Grade II listed. On private land. DurhamEgglestone AbbeyBow Bridge1Thorsgill Beck17th century; single round arch. DurhamHeadlampackhorse bridge1Headlam or Dyance BeckProbably 18th century; single round arch. Grade II listed. DurhamWest HopeWest Hope Packhorse Bridge1Hill or Waitgill BeckSingle segmental arch. GloucestershireSladpackhorse bridge1Dillay BrookCarries public footpath. Gloucestershire/WarwickshireTodenhampackhorse bridge1Knee BrookPossibly 16th century in origin, rebuilt 18th century; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. GloucestershireWickwarSturt Bridge1Little Avon RiverAlso known as Roman Arch. Probably late medieval or 16th /17th century; two arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. Greater ManchesterPrestoleePrestolee Bridge1River IrwellLate 18th century; five semicircular arches with cutwaters. Grade II listed. Greater ManchesterStrinesRoman Bridge1River Goyt18th century; single segmental span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. Greater ManchesterUppermillDiggle Brook"Medieval". Adjacent to Oldham & Ripponden Trust Turnpike bridge (1864) and Brownhill Bridge Mill, which is Grade II listed. KentEynsfordEynsford BridgeRiver Darent17th century, two round arches. Grade II listed. LancashireBarrowfordHigherford Old Bridge2Pendle Water16th/17th century, parapets added 1814–15; single span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. LancashireBleasdaleBrooks Packhorse Bridge1River BrockSingle span. Listed per Hinchliffe,LancashireCapernwrayRiver KeerDate uncertain; single semi elliptical arch. Grade II listed. LancashireSawleySwanside BridgeSmithies Brook17th century or earlier; single high segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. LancashireWycollerWycoller Packhorse Bridge1Wycoller Beck17th century or perhaps earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Carries a public footpath. LeicestershireAnsteyAnstey Bridge1Rothley BrookAlso 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; Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath. LeicestershireAnsteyKing William's Bridge3Rothley BrookProbably 17th century; two round arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. LeicestershireAylestoneAylestone Old Bridge1River SoarAlso known as the Roman Bridge. Probably 15th century; eleven small arches (eight on bridge, three on causeway). Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. LeicestershireMedbournepackhorse bridge1Medbourne BrookPossibly 13th century; four arches. Scheduled monument. LeicestershireRearsbySeven Arch Bridge1Rearsby BrookPevsner says medieval, but datestone says 1714; seven semicircular arches, one almost buried. Grade II listed. LeicestershireThurcastonCoffin Bridge1Rothley BrookThree similar bridges between Thurcaston and Cropston: Sandham Bridge and Coffin Bridge , both with two arches, and a third, single span, bridge at All three are 16th or 17th century and separately Grade II listed. LincolnshireUtterbyUtterby Packhorse Bridge114th century; double chamfered cambered arch. Grade II* listed. LincolnshireWest RasenBishop's Bridge1River Rase15th century; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. NorfolkWalsinghampackhorse bridge1River StiffkeyOriginal date unknown, probably reconstructed late 19th century; four small arches. Grade II listed. In grounds of Walsingham Abbey. NorthamptonshireCharweltonCharwelton Bridge1River CherwellProbably 15th century; two pointed arches. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries roadside pavement. NorthumberlandOvinghamOvingham Packhorse Bridge1Whittle Burn18th century per English Heritage (Hinchliffe says 1698North YorkshireAldbrough St Johnpackhorse bridge1Aldbrough BeckPossibly 16th or 17th century; three segmental pointed arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. North YorkshireBirstwithNew Bridge1River NiddAlso known as Haxby Bridge. 1822; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public right of way. North YorkshireBoltbypackhorse bridge1Gurtof BeckSingle semicircular arch. Carries public footpath. North YorkshireCroft on TeesClow Beck Packhorse Bridge1Clow BeckPossibly 15th century; two segmental arches on differing alignments. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. North YorkshireDanbyDuck Bridge1River EskAncient stone bridge over the River Esk, about 1 km North from Danby Castle. North YorkshireGlaisdaleBeggars Bridge2River Esk1619; single segmental arch. Grade II* listed. Carries public footpath. North YorkshireHampsthwaiteCockhill Packhorse Bridge1Cockhill BeckProbably 17th century; single small semicircular arch. Grade II listed. North YorkshireHubberholmeCrook Gill Bridge1Crook GillSingle segmental arch. North YorkshireKnox nr HarrogateKnox or Spruisty Bridge1Oak Beck17th or 18th century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed. North YorkshireLintonRedmayne Packhorse Bridge1Linton or Eller BeckLate 17th or early 18th century; single shallow arch with additional flood arch. Grade II listed. Carries public byway alongside ford. North YorkshireNorwoodDob Park Bridge1River WashburnProbably early 17th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public byway. North YorkshirePickeringIngs Bridge1Pickering BeckProbably early 19th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to public road. North YorkshireRavenseat, SwaledaleRavenseat Bridge1Whitsundale Beck18th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries farm access. North YorkshireRomanbyPackhorse Bridge1Willow Beck16th century, repaired 1621; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. North YorkshireSkiptonSkipton packhorse bridgeWilderness BeckProbably 17th century; single arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. North YorkshireSowerbyTown End Bridge1Cod BeckAlso known as World's End Bridge. 1672; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. North YorkshireSpofforthpackhorse bridgeRiver Crimple18th century; single arch. Grade II listed. North YorkshireStokesleyTaylorson's Bridge1River Leven17th or early 18th century; single round arch. Grade II listed. North YorkshireThornthwaiteThornthwaite Packhorse Bridge1Fall or Padside or Darley BeckSingle segmental span. Scheduled monument. North YorkshireWesterdaleHunter's Sty (Stee) Bridge2River Esk13th century, restored 1874; single round span. Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath. North YorkshireYockenthwaiteYockenthwaite Bridge2River WharfeProbably early 18th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. NottinghamshireRatcliffe on SoarRed Hill Lock BridgeRiver Soar(Loughborough Navigation)Late 18th or early 19th century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed. Although described as such in the official listing, this canal bridge is not a packhorse bridge by most accepted definitions. ShropshireClunClun BridgeRiver ClunProbably 16th century; five segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries A488 road. ShropshireRushburyRushbury Packhorse Bridge1Eaton Brook17th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. SomersetAllerfordAllerford Bridge1River AllerMedieval; two segmental headed arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Adjoins public road through ford. SomersetBrutonBow Bridge, Plox1River BruePossibly 15th century; single span. Grade I listed, Scheduled monument. SomersetCharterhouse17th or 18th century; single low segmental arch. Grade II listed. SomersetChew Stokepackhorse bridge3Strode BrookTwo round arches. SomersetChewton KeynshamChewton Packhorse BridgeRiver ChewEarly 18th century; two segmental arches. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public byway. SomersetDowlish WakeDowlish Wake Packhorse BridgeDowlish Brook17th or 18th century rebuild of medieval bridge; four round arches (two inserted 1994–97 for flood relief purposes). Grade II listed. Carries public footpath alongside road. SomersetDunsterGallox Bridge1River AvillPossibly 15th century; two round arches. Grade I listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. SomersetIlchesterPill Bridge1River Ivel17th century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. SomersetHornerHacketty Way Bridge1River HornerLate medieval; single span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. SomersetWest Luccombe
West Luccombe packhorse bridgeRiver HornerLate medieval; single span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath. SomersetOareMalmsmead BridgeBadgworthy Water17th–18th century; two rounded arches. Grade II listed. Carries public road. SomersetOareRobber's BridgeWeir WaterCarries public road. SomersetQueen Camelpackhorse bridge1River CamCarries public footpath. SomersetRodeScutt's Bridge1River FromeThree semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. SomersetTellisfordTellisford Bridge2River FromeThree semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. SomersetWatchetKentsford Bridge1Washford RiverProbably late medieval; two segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. SomersetWellowWellow BridgeWellow BrookLate medieval; two round arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. SomersetWinsfordLyncombe BridgeRiver Exe17th or 18th century, possibly earlier. Grade II listed. SomersetWinsfordOld Vicarage Bridge1River ExeMedieval, restored 1952; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath, just upstream of 19th century road bridge (also called Vicarage Bridge). SomersetWinsfordpackhorse bridge1Winn BrookMedieval, restored 1952; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed. South YorkshireLongshawBurbage Brook Bridge1Burbage Brookc. 1750; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. On open access moorland, near to Carl Wark. South YorkshireOxspringWillow Bridge1River DonProbably 17th century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed. On public bridleway, part of the Trans Pennine Trail. South YorkshireRivelin Valleypackhorse bridge1River Rivelinc. 1775; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed. In Country Park. South YorkshireWharncliffe SideGlen Howe Packhorse Bridge2Tinker BrookFormerly New Mill Bridge. 1734; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed. In public park; resited during construction of Ewden Reservoir. StaffordshireGreat HaywoodEssex Bridge1River TrentProbably 16th century; fourteen round arches. Described as "perhaps the least altered old bridge in the county" Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. StaffordshireTamworthThe Old BolebridgeRiver AnkerNo longer extant; demolished c.1878–79. StaffordshireWetton, StaffordshireWetton or Wettonmill BridgeRiver ManifoldEarly 19th century; four semicircular arches with triangular section buttresses. Described as a packhorse bridge by English Heritage, though perhaps more accurately a cart bridge. Carries public byway. SuffolkCavenhamStone Bridge2tributary of River LarkProbably 16th century; single segmental brick arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to public road. SuffolkMoultonMoulton Packhorse Bridge1River Kennettca. 1446 with 18th century alterations; Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath. SurreyEwellThe Packhorse BridgeHogsmill River18th century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed. SurreyGomshallRiver Tillingbourne15th century; three arches. Grade II listed. WarwickshireShustokeBlyth Hall Packhorse BridgeRiver Blythe18th century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed. West MidlandsHampton in ArdenHampton in Arden packhorse bridge2River Blythe15th century; three stone and two brick arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. West YorkshireBingleyBeckfoot Bridge1Harden Beckc.1723; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. West YorkshireClayton WestPark Mill Bridge1River DearneProbably 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public right of way. West YorkshireColdenStrines Bridge1Colden WaterPossibly 17th century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. 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 "West YorkshireGoose EyeDean BeckDate unknown; single arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to clapper bridge; carries public bridleway. West YorkshireHaworthLong Bridge1River WorthDate uncertain; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. West YorkshireHebden BridgeThe Old Bridge2Hebden WaterAlso known as Hepton Brig. Carries public right of way. West YorkshireLoxleyRiver LoxleyProbably 18th century, restored 1864. Grade II listed. West YorkshireMarsdenClose Gate Bridge1Haigh Clough17th or 18th century; single span. Grade II* listed. West YorkshireMarsdenMellor Bridge1River Colne17th or 18th century; single span. Grade II* listed. Carries public footpath. West YorkshireMeanwoodMeanwood BeckEarly 18th century. Grade II listed, "a rare survival of a pack horse bridge sited within a suburban setting". West YorkshireOxenhopeNorth Ives or Donkey Bridge1Bridgehouse BeckDate uncertain; single steeply arched span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. West YorkshireRishworth MoorOxygrains Old Bridge2Oxygrains CloughProbably early 17th century; single span. Scheduled monument. On Access Land. West YorkshireRippondenWaterloo or Ripponden Old Bridge2River Ryburn1752; single span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Public road. West YorkshireStanburyLumbfoot Bridge1River WorthDate uncertain; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. West YorkshireWakefieldLittle Bridge1River CalderProbably 18th century; three elliptical arches. Grade II listed. West YorkshireWadsworthLumb Bridge1Crimsworth Dean BeckProbably early 18th century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. WiltshireCoombe Bissettpackhorse bridge2River EbbleMedieval, widened in the 19th century; three low two centred arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. WiltshireMelkshampackhorse bridge1River Avon1725; four segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. WorcestershireAstleyNew BridgeDick BrookLate 18th or early 19th century, possibly earlier, single arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway. WorcestershireShellShell Packhorse Bridge1Bow Brook17th century or earlier, two round arches. Grade II listed. Adjacent to ford on public road.

CountyLocationNamePhotographCrossesNotesIsle of ManBallasallaCrossag or Monks' BridgeSilver Burnc. 1350; two slightly pointed arches. "It is believed to be the best example of [a] medieval bridge in the British Isles."

CountyLocationNamePhotographCrossesNotesBordersStow of WedaleStow Old BridgeGala Water 1655; three segmental arches. Grade B listed. HighlandCarrbridgeCarrbridge Packhorse BridgeGala Water 1717; slender arch. Category B listed. FifeCoaltown of BalgonieBarrel BrigRiver Ore, Fife Early 18th century; double span with cutwaters. Grade B listed, Scheduled monument. HighlandJohn o' GroatsHuna Burn 1651; single span. Grade B listed. South LanarkshireEast KilbrideCraig Mill Packhorse Bridge White Cart Water Single span. Grade B listed.