Historic bridges · North Wales
Grosvenor Bridge
Grosvenor Bridge is a historic bridge in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
- Nearest railway station
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway · 1.3 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Grosvenor Bridge is a named historic bridge in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1834. Coordinates: 53.1836°, -2.8961°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Dee (England) SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Grosvenor Bridge is a single-span stone arch road bridge crossing the River Dee at Chester, England. Located on the A483 Grosvenor Road (grid reference SJ402655), it was designed by Thomas Harrison and opened by the 13-year old Princess Victoria (accompanied by her mother the Duchess of Kent) on 17 October 1832. The first traffic passed over it in November 1833. At the time of its construction, the bridge was the longest single-span stone arch bridge in the world, a title that it retained for 30 years. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Views upriver include Chester Castle and Handbridge, the impressive mansions of Curzon Park and the adjacent Roodee. Water levels of the tidal Dee vary significantly during the day.
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Background
Architecture
At the beginning of the 19th century, Chester only had one river crossing, a narrow medieval bridge at Handbridge, the Old Dee Bridge. Heavily congested, it delayed movement through the town. Building a new bridge was prohibitively expensive until Thomas Telford proposed a new road between Shrewsbury and the Irish ferries at Holyhead to facilitate trade between the two islands. The route would have bypassed Chester, greatly reducing the potential income from the lucrative Irish trade routes. A committee was appointed to consider plans for a new bridge to quicken movement across the city and encourage traders to continue to stop there. Chester was at the time a major shipbuilding city, and a…
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- Coordinates
- 53.1836, -2.8961
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Parish
- Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area
- Postcode
- CH4 7JT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury
- Established
- 1834
- Nearest railway station
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway — 1.3 km
- Opening
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- Official site
- cheshiremilitarymuseum.org.uk
Sources
- osm: w1391923200 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Grosvenor Bridge (Chester) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Grosvenor Bridge Chester4.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Grosvenor Bridge?
- Grosvenor Bridge is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CH4 7JT), in the parish of Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area.
- When was Grosvenor Bridge built?
- Built or established in 1834.
- Is Grosvenor Bridge a protected site?
- Yes — Grosvenor Bridge is part of the River Dee (England) SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Grosvenor Bridge free to visit?
- Yes, Grosvenor Bridge is free to enter.
- How do I get to Grosvenor Bridge?
- The nearest railway station is Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CH4 7JT.