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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]: 24–25 

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.

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:

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]

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.)

County Location NameGroup Photograph Crosses Notes Bedfordshire Sutton
52°06′42″N 0°13′08″W / 52.1117°N 0.2190°W Sutton Packhorse Bridge1
Potton Brook Medieval with later repairs; two pointed arches. Grade II* listed,[5] Scheduled monument.[6] Cheshire Crowton
53°16′13″N 2°37′34″W / 53.2702°N 2.6262°W
Acton Brook Single segmental arch. Carries public bridleway. Cheshire Hockenhull Platts
53°11′10″N 2°47′05″W / 53.1861°N 2.7848°W 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
53°20′38″N 2°15′01″W / 53.3440°N 2.2503°W The Packhorse Bridge
River Bollin 1820, single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[10] Carries a public byway. Cheshire/Derbyshire Three Shire Heads
53°12′50″N 1°59′15″W / 53.2139°N 1.9875°W Three Shire Heads Bridge2
River Dane Probably late 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[11] Carries public byway. Cornwall Bowithick
50°36′55″N 4°34′09″W / 50.6154°N 4.5691°W Bowithick Bridge
Penpont Water Probably early 19th-century; three stone arches, one larger and two small. Grade II listed.[12] Cornwall Launceston
50°38′29″N 4°21′58″W / 50.641492°N 4.366202°W West Bridge (Prior's Bridge)
River Kensey Late medieval; five-span bridge with two cut-waters. Grade I listed.[13] Cumbria Ambleside
54°27′09″N 2°57′33″W / 54.4525°N 2.9592°W High Sweden Bridge1
Scandale Beck Late 17th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[14]< Carries public footpath. Cumbria Barbon
54°13′50″N 2°35′37″W / 54.2306°N 2.5937°W 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
54°37′29″N 3°27′33″W / 54.6246°N 3.4592°W Calva Hall packhorse bridge1
River Marron Dated 1697;[2]: 38  single-span. Grade II listed.[16] Cumbria Drigg
54°22′32″N 3°25′21″W / 54.3756°N 3.4224°W Drigg Holme Packhorse Bridge1
River Irt Single-span. Scheduled monument.[17] Carries public bridleway. Cumbria Eskdale
54°23′44″N 3°15′00″W / 54.3956°N 3.2499°W Doctor[s] Bridge2
River Esk Probably 17th-century, widened in 1734. Grade II listed.[18] Carries public road. Cumbria Gaisgill
54°27′10″N 2°33′39″W / 54.4527°N 2.5609°W Barugh Bridge1
Rais Gill Probably 18th-century, but maybe earlier. Grade II listed.[19] Carries public byway. Cumbria Knock
54°39′02″N 2°28′45″W / 54.6506°N 2.4791°W Swindale Beck Possibly 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[20] Cumbria Little Langdale
54°25′04″N 3°03′42″W / 54.4178°N 3.0616°W Slater[s] Bridge1
River Brathay 17th-century; two clapper slabs and a single arch. Grade II* listed.[21] Carries public footpath. Cumbria Lowgill
54°21′44″N 2°35′32″W / 54.3621°N 2.5921°W Lowgill Packhorse Bridge
Lowgill Beck Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[22] Cumbria Pennington
54°12′24″N 3°08′28″W / 54.2066°N 3.1411°W Devil's Bridge1
Rathmoss Beck 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[23] Alongside public road. Cumbria Sca Fell
54°25′20″N 3°11′32″W / 54.4221°N 3.1923°W Lingcove or Throstlegarth Bridge1
Lingcove Beck Single arch. On Open Access land. Cumbria Seathwaite, Allerdale
54°29′16″N 3°10′59″W / 54.4877°N 3.1830°W Stockley Bridge2
Grains Gill Early- or mid-18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[24] Carries public bridleway. Cumbria Shap
54°32′11″N 2°43′11″W / 54.5364°N 2.7197°W Parish Crag Bridge1
Swindale Beck Probably 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[25] Carries public footpath. Cumbria Shap
54°32′16″N 2°45′05″W / 54.5378°N 2.7515°W Park Bridge2
Haweswater Beck 1860–69; single span.[26] Carries public footpath. Cumbria Stainton
54°16′00″N 2°43′58″W / 54.2666°N 2.7327°W packhorse bridge1
Stainton Beck Probably 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[27] Adjacent to ford. Cumbria Ullock
54°36′07″N 3°25′54″W / 54.6020°N 3.4318°W packhorse bridge1
Black Beck Single span.[2]: 52  Cumbria Wasdale Head
54°28′06″N 3°15′24″W / 54.4682°N 3.2567°W Row Bridge1
Mosedale Beck Probably 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[28][29] Cumbria Watendlath
54°32′14″N 3°07′17″W / 54.5371°N 3.1214°W Watendlath Packhorse Bridge1
Watendlath Beck 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[30][31] Carries public bridleway. Cumbria Wilton
54°28′44″N 3°26′46″W / 54.4790°N 3.4460°W 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]: 46  Grade II listed.[32][33] Cumbria Winster
54°20′27″N 2°54′18″W / 54.3408°N 2.9051°W
tributary of River Winster Probably 17th-century. Grade II listed.[34] Adjacent to A5074 road. Cumbria Winster
54°19′37″N 2°54′08″W / 54.3269°N 2.9021°W Winster Bridge1
River Winster 1729 with 20th-century parapet; single span. Grade II listed.[35] Derbyshire Ashford-in-the-Water
53°13′24″N 1°42′37″W / 53.2232°N 1.7104°W 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
53°13′03″N 1°40′44″W / 53.2175°N 1.6788°W Holme Bridge1
River Wye 1664; five segmental arches. Grade I listed,[37] Scheduled monument.[38] Carries public bridleway. Derbyshire Edale
53°22′16″N 1°48′58″W / 53.3710°N 1.8161°W Gibraltar Bridge1
Grindsbrook 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[39] Carries public footpath. Derbyshire Edale
53°22′20″N 1°52′07″W / 53.3721°N 1.8687°W 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
53°15′23″N 1°58′55″W / 53.2563°N 1.9820°W Goyts Bridge1
River Goyt Moved to current position in 1968 from Goyt's Bridge hamlet. In open access land. Derbyshire Hayfield
53°22′48″N 1°55′35″W / 53.3801°N 1.9263°W Bowden Bridge1
River Kinder Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[41] Carries public footpath. Derbyshire/Staffordshire Hollinsclough
53°11′56″N 1°54′26″W / 53.1988°N 1.9072°W Hopping Packhorse Bridge1
River Dove Single semicircular arch.[2]: 114–115  Carries public bridleway. Derbyshire/Staffordshire Hollinsclough
53°12′12″N 1°55′24″W / 53.2034°N 1.9232°W 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
53°27′09″N 1°44′48″W / 53.4526°N 1.7467°W 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
53°03′28″N 1°42′26″W / 53.0577°N 1.7073°W Bradbourne Brook 17th-century or earlier; single pointed arch. Formerly Grade II listed, now delisted.[45] On private land. Derbyshire/South Yorkshire Longdendale
53°29′46″N 1°47′42″W / 53.4962°N 1.7950°W Ladyshaw Bridge
Salter's Brook 17th-century; single-span. Carries public byway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. Derbyshire/Staffordshire Milldale
53°05′20″N 1°47′38″W / 53.0890°N 1.7938°W 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
53°10′24″N 1°40′48″W / 53.1732°N 1.6799°W Bradford Packhorse Bridge1
River Bradford 18th-century, single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[47] Carries public bridleway. Derbyshire Youlgreave
53°11′00″N 1°40′49″W / 53.1833°N 1.6804°W Coalpit Bridge1
River Lathkill Mid-18th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II listed.[48] Carries public bridleway. Devon Brendon
51°13′14″N 3°45′50″W / 51.2205°N 3.7639°W Packhorse Bridge
East Lyn River Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[49] Devon Drewsteignton
50°41′44″N 3°46′52″W / 50.6955°N 3.7810°W Fingle Bridge
River Teign 17th-century Grade II* listed three-arch granite bridge carrying unclassified road with pedestrian refuges over cutwaters.[50] Devon Membury
50°48′30″N 3°02′39″W / 50.8082°N 3.0442°W Beckford Bridge1
River Yarty 18th- or 19th-century; single-span. Grade II listed,[51] Scheduled monument.[52] Devon Sidford
50°42′10″N 3°13′22″W / 50.7029°N 3.2229°W 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
51°07′37″N 4°06′03″W / 51.1269°N 4.1007°W Knowl Water Probably 18th- or early 19th-century. Grade II listed.[54] Carries public footpath. Dorset near Corfe Castle
50°39′45″N 2°02′55″W / 50.6626°N 2.0485°W Sharford Bridge1
Corfe River Scheduled monument.[55] Carries public bridleway. Dorset Fifehead Neville
50°53′57″N 2°19′33″W / 50.8993°N 2.3257°W 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
50°54′45″N 2°01′42″W / 50.9126°N 2.0282°W packhorse bridge
River Allen Probably 18th-century; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[58] Carries public footpath. Dorset Holwell
50°54′25″N 2°25′45″W / 50.9069°N 2.4291°W packhorse bridge1 Caundle Brook Probably medieval, with 19th- and 20th-century alterations. Grade II listed.[59] Carries public bridleway. Dorset Rampisham
50°49′07″N 2°37′24″W / 50.8187°N 2.6232°W packhorse bridge1
River Frome 16th- or 17th-century alterations; three pointed arches. Grade II listed.[60] Carries public bridleway. Dorset Sturminster Marshall
50°48′04″N 2°04′42″W / 50.8010°N 2.0782°W packhorse bridge1
River Winterborne 17th-century; single cambered arch. Grade II listed.[61] Carries public bridleway. Dorset Tarrant Monkton
50°52′51″N 2°04′45″W / 50.8808°N 2.0793°W packhorse bridge1
River Tarrant Probably 17th-century; 3 segmental arches. Grade II listed.[62] Alongside ford on public road. Durham Bowes
54°32′06″N 1°59′57″W / 54.5350°N 1.9992°W Nabb Bridge1
Deepdale Beck 1699 per datestone (contra English Heritage listing, which says "Mid C18"); single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[63] Durham Brafferton
54°34′06″N 1°31′58″W / 54.5682°N 1.5328°W Ketton Packhorse Bridge1
River Skerne Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[64] Durham Cornsay
54°47′39″N 1°46′55″W / 54.7941°N 1.7819°W Pan Burn Possibly early 18th-century; single wide segmental arch. Grade II listed.[65] On private land. Durham Egglestone Abbey
54°31′56″N 1°54′19″W / 54.5322°N 1.9052°W Bow Bridge1
Thorsgill Beck 17th-century; single round arch.[2]: 56  Grade II listed.[66] Durham Headlam
54°33′55″N 1°43′28″W / 54.5653°N 1.7245°W packhorse bridge1
Headlam or Dyance Beck Probably 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[67] Durham West Hope
54°28′44″N 1°57′09″W / 54.4788°N 1.9524°W West Hope Packhorse Bridge1 Hill or Waitgill Beck Single segmental arch.[2]: 59  Essex Feering
51°50′25″N 0°42′26″E / 51.8402°N 0.7071°E Roman Arches River Blackwater c.1750; seven brick arches. Under restoration.[68] Gloucestershire Slad
51°46′16″N 2°09′53″W / 51.7711°N 2.1647°W packhorse bridge1
Dillay Brook Carries public footpath. Gloucestershire/Warwickshire Todenham
52°02′09″N 1°38′38″W / 52.0357°N 1.6440°W packhorse bridge1
Knee Brook Possibly 16th-century in origin, rebuilt 18th century; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[69] Carries public bridleway. Gloucestershire Wickwar
51°35′29″N 2°23′22″W / 51.5914°N 2.3895°W 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
53°33′08″N 2°22′36″W / 53.5523°N 2.3767°W Prestolee Bridge1
River Irwell Late 18th-century; five semicircular arches with cutwaters. Grade II listed.[71] Greater Manchester Strines
53°22′58″N 2°03′05″W / 53.3829°N 2.0515°W Roman Bridge1
River Goyt 18th-century; single segmental span. Grade II listed.[72][73] Carries public bridleway. Greater Manchester Uppermill
53°33′14″N 2°00′33″W / 53.5540°N 2.0091°W
Diggle Brook "Medieval". Adjacent to Oldham & Ripponden Trust Turnpike bridge (1864)[74] and Brownhill Bridge Mill, which is Grade II listed.[75] Kent Eynsford
51°22′05″N 0°12′39″E / 51.3680°N 0.2109°E Eynsford Bridge
River Darent 17th-century, two round arches. Grade II listed.[76] Lancashire Barrowford
53°51′28″N 2°12′38″W / 53.8577°N 2.2105°W Higherford Old Bridge2
Pendle Water 16th/17th-century, parapets added 1814–15; single span. Grade II* listed,[77] Scheduled monument.[78] Lancashire Bleasdale
53°54′24″N 2°39′44″W / 53.9066°N 2.6621°W Brooks Packhorse Bridge1
River Brock Single-span. Listed per Hinchliffe,[2]: 61  but not in English Heritage listings. Lancashire Catlow Bottoms
53°49′22″N 2°10′37″W / 53.8227°N 2.1770°W packhorse bridge1
Catlow Brook "Perhaps C17"; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[79] Lancashire Capernwray
53°54′15″N 2°19′44″W / 53.9041°N 2.3288°W
River Keer Date uncertain; single semi-elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[80] Lancashire Sawley
54°08′27″N 2°43′22″W / 54.1408°N 2.7228°W Swanside Bridge
Smithies Brook 17th-century or earlier; single high segmental arch. Grade II listed.[81] Carries public footpath. Lancashire Wycoller
53°50′58″N 2°06′15″W / 53.8494°N 2.1043°W Wycoller Packhorse Bridge1
Wycoller Beck 17th-century or perhaps earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II* listed,[82] Scheduled monument.[83] Carries a public footpath. Leicestershire Anstey
52°40′16″N 1°11′05″W / 52.6711°N 1.1847°W 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]: 121  five arches. Grade II* listed,[84] Scheduled monument.[85] Carries public footpath. Leicestershire Anstey
52°40′30″N 1°10′43″W / 52.6750°N 1.1785°W King William's Bridge3
Rothley Brook Probably 17th-century; two round arches. Grade II listed.[86] Carries public bridleway. Leicestershire Aylestone
52°36′12″N 1°09′46″W / 52.6033°N 1.1629°W 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,[87] Scheduled monument.[88] Leicestershire Medbourne
52°31′45″N 0°49′18″W / 52.5292°N 0.8218°W packhorse bridge1
Medbourne Brook Possibly 13th-century; four arches. Scheduled monument.[89] Leicestershire Rearsby
52°43′27″N 1°02′15″W / 52.7243°N 1.0375°W Seven Arch Bridge1
Rearsby Brook Pevsner says medieval, but datestone says 1714; seven semicircular arches, one almost buried. Grade II listed.[90] Leicestershire Thurcaston
52°41′24″N 1°10′25″W / 52.6900°N 1.1736°W Coffin Bridge1
Rothley Brook Three similar bridges between Thurcaston and Cropston: Sandham Bridge (52°41′34″N 1°09′57″W / 52.6929°N 1.1658°W) and Coffin Bridge (52°41′24″N 1°10′25″W / 52.6900°N 1.1736°W), both with two arches, and a third, single-span, bridge at 52°41′33″N 1°09′56″W / 52.6924°N 1.1655°W. All three are 16th- or 17th-century and separately Grade II listed.[91][92][93] Lincolnshire Utterby
53°25′10″N 0°02′13″W / 53.4194°N 0.0369°W Utterby Packhorse Bridge1
14th-century; double chamfered cambered arch. Grade II* listed.[94] Lincolnshire West Rasen
53°23′22″N 0°24′10″W / 53.3895°N 0.4028°W Bishop's Bridge1
River Rase 15th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed,[95] Scheduled monument.[96] Norfolk Walsingham
52°53′38″N 0°52′37″E / 52.8940°N 0.8770°E packhorse bridge1
River Stiffkey Original date unknown, probably reconstructed late 19th century; four small arches. Grade II listed.[97] In grounds of Walsingham Abbey. Northamptonshire Charwelton
52°12′01″N 1°13′07″W / 52.2003°N 1.2186°W Charwelton Bridge1
River Cherwell Probably 15th-century; two pointed arches. Grade II listed,[98] Scheduled monument.[99] Carries roadside pavement. Northumberland Ovingham
54°58′02″N 1°52′15″W / 54.9672°N 1.8709°W Ovingham Packhorse Bridge1
Whittle Burn 18th-century per English Heritage (Hinchliffe says 1698[2]: 65 ); two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[100] North Yorkshire Aldbrough St John
54°29′51″N 1°41′21″W / 54.4975°N 1.6893°W packhorse bridge1
Aldbrough Beck Possibly 16th- or 17th-century; three segmental pointed arches. Grade II listed.[101] Carries public footpath. North Yorkshire Birstwith
54°02′17″N 1°38′29″W / 54.0381°N 1.6415°W New Bridge1
River Nidd Also known as Haxby Bridge. 1822; single-span. Grade II listed.[102] Carries public right-of-way. North Yorkshire Boltby
54°16′22″N 1°14′49″W / 54.2728°N 1.2470°W packhorse bridge1
Gurtof Beck Single semicircular arch.[2]: 67  North Yorkshire Clapham
54°07′07″N 2°23′30″W / 54.1185°N 2.3918°W Brokken Bridge1
Clapham Beck Probably 18th-century; single segmental arch.[103] Carries public footpath. North Yorkshire Croft-on-Tees
54°29′05″N 1°34′05″W / 54.4848°N 1.5680°W Clow Beck Packhorse Bridge1
Clow Beck Possibly 15th-century; two segmental arches on differing alignments. Grade II listed.[104] Carries public bridleway. North Yorkshire Danby
54°27′36″N 0°53′30″W / 54.4599°N 0.8916°W Duck Bridge1
River Esk Ancient stone bridge over the River Esk, about 1 km North from Danby Castle. North Yorkshire Glaisdale
54°26′20″N 0°47′32″W / 54.4389°N 0.7921°W Beggars Bridge2
River Esk 1619; single segmental arch. Grade II* listed.[105] Carries public footpath. North Yorkshire Hampsthwaite
54°01′25″N 1°36′17″W / 54.0236°N 1.6048°W Cockhill Packhorse Bridge1
Cockhill Beck Probably 17th-century; single small semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[106] North Yorkshire Hubberholme
54°12′18″N 2°06′03″W / 54.2049°N 2.1008°W Crook Gill Bridge1
Crook Gill Single segmental arch.[2]: 72  North Yorkshire Ivelet
54°22′32″N 2°06′16″W / 54.3756°N 2.1045°W Ivelet Bridge2
River Swale Late 16th-century; single semicircular arch. Grade II* listed.[107] North Yorkshire Knox nr Harrogate
54°00′54″N 1°33′06″W / 54.0150°N 1.5516°W Knox or Spruisty Bridge1
Oak Beck 17th- or 18th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed.[108] North Yorkshire Linton
54°03′39″N 2°00′20″W / 54.0607°N 2.0055°W Redmayne Packhorse Bridge1
Linton or Eller Beck Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single shallow arch with additional flood arch. Grade II listed.[109] Carries public byway alongside ford. North Yorkshire Norwood
53°57′13″N 1°42′09″W / 53.9535°N 1.7025°W Dob Park Bridge1
River Washburn Probably early 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[110] Carries public byway. North Yorkshire Pickering
54°13′39″N 0°47′17″W / 54.2274°N 0.7880°W Ings Bridge1
Pickering Beck Probably early 19th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[111] Adjacent to public road. North Yorkshire Ravenseat, Swaledale
54°25′32″N 2°12′46″W / 54.4256°N 2.2129°W Ravenseat Bridge1
Whitsundale Beck 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[112] Carries farm access. North Yorkshire Romanby
54°20′10″N 1°27′03″W / 54.3360°N 1.4509°W Packhorse Bridge1
Willow Beck 16th-century, repaired 1621; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[113] Carries public footpath. North Yorkshire Skipton
53°57′40″N 2°00′37″W / 53.9610°N 2.0102°W Skipton packhorse bridge
Wilderness Beck Probably 17th-century; single arch. Grade II listed.[114] Carries public footpath. North Yorkshire Sowerby
54°13′11″N 1°20′02″W / 54.2198°N 1.3339°W Town End Bridge1
Cod Beck Also known as World's End Bridge. 1672; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[115] Carries public footpath. North Yorkshire Spofforth
53°57′31″N 1°26′58″W / 53.9585°N 1.4495°W packhorse bridge
River Crimple 18th-century; single arch. Grade II listed.[116] North Yorkshire Stokesley
54°28′09″N 1°11′34″W / 54.4692°N 1.1927°W Taylorson's Bridge1
River Leven 17th- or early 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[117] North Yorkshire Thornthwaite
54°01′47″N 1°44′10″W / 54.0296°N 1.7361°W Thornthwaite Packhorse Bridge1
Fall or Padside or Darley Beck Single segmental span. Scheduled monument.[118] North Yorkshire Westerdale
54°26′47″N 0°58′40″W / 54.4464°N 0.9779°W Hunter's Sty (Stee) Bridge2
River Esk 13th-century, restored 1874; single round span. Scheduled monument.[119] Carries public footpath. North Yorkshire Yockenthwaite
54°12′26″N 2°08′52″W / 54.2071°N 2.1477°W Yockenthwaite Bridge2
River Wharfe Probably early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[120] Nottinghamshire Ratcliffe-on-Soar
52°52′05″N 1°16′13″W / 52.8681°N 1.2702°W Red Hill Lock Bridge
River Soar
(Loughborough Navigation) Late 18th- or early 19th-century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed.[121] Although described as such in the official listing, this canal bridge is not a packhorse bridge by most accepted definitions. Shropshire Clun
52°25′13″N 3°01′49″W / 52.4204°N 3.0303°W Clun Bridge
River Clun Probably 16th-century; five segmental arches. Grade II listed.[122] Carries A488 road. Shropshire Rushbury
52°31′11″N 2°43′08″W / 52.5197°N 2.7190°W Rushbury Packhorse Bridge1
Eaton Brook 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[123] Carries public bridleway. Somerset Allerford
51°12′40″N 3°34′08″W / 51.2110°N 3.5688°W Allerford Bridge1
River Aller Medieval; two segmental-headed arches. Grade II* listed,[124] Scheduled monument.[125] Adjoins public road through ford. Somerset Bruton
51°06′42″N 2°27′12″W / 51.1118°N 2.4534°W Bow Bridge, Plox1
River Brue Possibly 15th-century; single-span. Grade I listed,[126] Scheduled monument.[127] Somerset Charterhouse
51°17′54″N 2°43′16″W / 51.2983°N 2.7210°W
17th- or 18th-century; single low segmental arch. Grade II listed.[128] Somerset Chew Stoke
51°21′11″N 2°38′10″W / 51.3531°N 2.6360°W packhorse bridge3
Strode Brook Two round arches. Somerset Chewton Keynsham
51°23′45″N 2°29′52″W / 51.3959°N 2.4978°W Chewton Packhorse Bridge
River Chew Early 18th-century; two segmental arches. Grade II listed,[129] Scheduled monument.[130] Carries public byway. Somerset Dowlish Wake
50°54′38″N 2°53′21″W / 50.9106°N 2.8893°W 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).[131] Grade II listed.[132] Carries public footpath alongside road. Somerset Dunster
51°10′45″N 3°26′49″W / 51.1792°N 3.4470°W Gallox Bridge1
River Avill Possibly 15th-century; two round arches. Grade I listed,[133] Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. Somerset Ilchester
51°00′28″N 2°42′50″W / 51.0077°N 2.7140°W Pill Bridge1
River Ivel 17th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed,[134] Scheduled monument.[135] Carries public bridleway. Somerset Horner
51°11′55″N 3°34′47″W / 51.1985°N 3.5797°W Hacketty Way Bridge1
River Horner Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed,[136] Scheduled monument.[137] Carries public bridleway. Somerset West Luccombe
51°12′13″N 3°34′40″W / 51.2035°N 3.5777°W West Luccombe packhorse bridge
River Horner Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed,[138] Scheduled monument.[139] Carries public footpath. Somerset Oare
51°12′57″N 3°43′52″W / 51.2159°N 3.7310°W Malmsmead Bridge
Badgworthy Water 17th–18th-century; two rounded arches. Grade II listed.[140] Carries public road. Somerset Oare
51°12′18″N 3°41′25″W / 51.2050°N 3.6904°W Robber's Bridge
Weir Water Carries public road. Somerset Queen Camel
51°01′22″N 2°34′48″W / 51.0229°N 2.5799°W packhorse bridge1
River Cam Carries public footpath. Somerset Rode
51°17′03″N 2°17′25″W / 51.2842°N 2.2903°W Scutt's Bridge1
River Frome Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[141] Carries public footpath. Somerset Tellisford
51°17′59″N 2°16′48″W / 51.2996°N 2.2799°W Tellisford Bridge2
River Frome Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[142] Carries public footpath. Somerset Watchet
51°10′28″N 3°20′55″W / 51.1745°N 3.3486°W Kentsford Bridge1
Washford River Probably late medieval; two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[143] Carries public footpath. Somerset Wellow
51°19′17″N 2°22′21″W / 51.3213°N 2.3725°W Wellow Bridge
Wellow Brook Late medieval; two round arches. Grade II listed.[144] Carries public footpath. Somerset Winsford
51°07′31″N 3°37′12″W / 51.1254°N 3.6201°W Lyncombe Bridge
River Exe 17th- or 18th-century, possibly earlier. Grade II listed.[145] Somerset Winsford
51°06′19″N 3°33′52″W / 51.1053°N 3.5644°W Old Vicarage Bridge1
River Exe Medieval, restored 1952; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[146] Carries public footpath, just upstream of 19th-century road bridge (also called Vicarage Bridge). Somerset Winsford
51°06′10″N 3°33′53″W / 51.1027°N 3.5646°W packhorse bridge1
Winn Brook Medieval, restored 1952; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[147] South Yorkshire Longshaw
53°19′45″N 1°36′21″W / 53.3291°N 1.6059°W Burbage Brook Bridge1
Burbage Brook c. 1750; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[148] On open access moorland, near to Carl Wark. South Yorkshire Oxspring
53°31′10″N 1°35′55″W / 53.5195°N 1.5986°W Willow Bridge1
River Don Probably 17th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed.[149] On public bridleway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. South Yorkshire Rivelin Valley
53°22′53″N 1°33′44″W / 53.3814°N 1.5622°W packhorse bridge1
River Rivelin c. 1775; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[150] In Country Park. South Yorkshire Wharncliffe Side
53°26′42″N 1°33′41″W / 53.4449°N 1.5615°W Glen Howe Packhorse Bridge2
Tinker Brook Formerly New Mill Bridge. 1734; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[151] In public park; resited during construction of Ewden Reservoir. Staffordshire Great Haywood
52°48′02″N 2°00′31″W / 52.8006°N 2.0086°W Essex Bridge1
River Trent Probably 16th-century; fourteen round arches. Described as "perhaps the least altered old bridge in the county"[152] and "the longest packhorse bridge in the country".[2]: 129  Grade I listed,[152] Scheduled monument.[153] Carries public bridleway. Staffordshire Tamworth
52°37′52″N 1°41′20″W / 52.631°N 1.689°W The Old Bolebridge River Anker No longer extant; demolished c.1878–79.[154] Staffordshire Wetton, Staffordshire
53°06′07″N 1°51′33″W / 53.1020°N 1.8592°W Wetton or Wettonmill Bridge
River Manifold Early 19th-century; four semicircular arches with triangular section buttresses. Described as a packhorse bridge by English Heritage,[155] though perhaps more accurately a cart bridge. Carries public byway. Suffolk Cavenham
52°17′45″N 0°35′19″E / 52.2958°N 0.5886°E Stone Bridge2
tributary of River Lark Probably 16th-century; single segmental brick arch. Grade II listed.[156] Adjacent to public road. Suffolk Moulton
52°15′10″N 0°29′08″E / 52.2528°N 0.4855°E Moulton Packhorse Bridge1
River Kennett ca. 1446[157] with 18th-century alterations;[4] four pointed arches. Grade II* listed,[158] Scheduled monument.[159] Carries public footpath. Surrey Ewell
51°21′35″N 0°15′49″W / 51.3596°N 0.2637°W The Packhorse Bridge
Hogsmill River 18th-century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed.[160] Surrey Gomshall
51°13′14″N 0°26′56″W / 51.2206°N 0.4490°W
River Tillingbourne 15th-century; three arches. Grade II listed.[161] Warwickshire Shustoke
52°30′59″N 1°41′25″W / 52.5165°N 1.6904°W Blyth Hall Packhorse Bridge
River Blythe 18th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[162] West Midlands Hampton-in-Arden
52°25′07″N 1°41′16″W / 52.4186°N 1.6878°W Hampton in Arden packhorse bridge2
River Blythe 15th-century; three stone and two brick arches. Grade II* listed,[163] Scheduled monument.[164] West Yorkshire Bingley
53°50′32″N 1°50′30″W / 53.8422°N 1.8418°W Beckfoot Bridge1
Harden Beck c.1723; single-span. Grade II listed.[165] Carries public footpath. West Yorkshire Clayton West
53°36′04″N 1°36′27″W / 53.6010°N 1.6074°W Park Mill Bridge1
River Dearne Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[166] Carries public right-of-way. West Yorkshire Colden
53°45′11″N 2°03′48″W / 53.7531°N 2.0633°W Strines Bridge1
Colden Water Possibly 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[167] 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...."[168] West Yorkshire Goose Eye
53°51′38″N 1°58′24″W / 53.8605°N 1.9734°W
Dean Beck Date unknown; single arch. Grade II listed.[169] Adjacent to clapper bridge; carries public bridleway. West Yorkshire Haworth
53°50′03″N 1°58′13″W / 53.8343°N 1.9704°W Long Bridge1
River Worth Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed.[170] Carries public footpath. West Yorkshire Hebden Bridge
53°44′31″N 2°00′48″W / 53.7420°N 2.0133°W The Old Bridge2
Hebden Water Also known as Hepton Brig.[2]: 93  c.1510; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed.[171] Carries public right-of-way. West Yorkshire Loxley
53°24′05″N 1°33′02″W / 53.4015°N 1.5505°W
River Loxley Probably 18th-century, restored 1864. Grade II listed.[172] West Yorkshire Marsden
53°36′20″N 1°57′29″W / 53.6055°N 1.9580°W Close Gate Bridge1
Haigh Clough 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed.[173] West Yorkshire Marsden
53°36′06″N 1°55′49″W / 53.6017°N 1.9304°W Mellor Bridge1
River Colne 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed.[174] Carries public footpath. West Yorkshire Meanwood
53°49′16″N 1°33′41″W / 53.8212°N 1.5613°W
Meanwood Beck Early 18th-century. Grade II listed, "a rare survival of a pack-horse bridge sited within a suburban setting".[175] West Yorkshire Oxenhope
53°49′12″N 1°56′47″W / 53.8201°N 1.9465°W North Ives or Donkey Bridge1
Bridgehouse Beck Date uncertain; single steeply arched span. Grade II listed.[176] Carries public footpath. West Yorkshire Rishworth Moor
53°38′20″N 1°59′38″W / 53.6389°N 1.9938°W Oxygrains Old Bridge2
Oxygrains Clough Probably early 17th-century;[177] single-span. Scheduled monument.[178] On Access Land. West Yorkshire Ripponden
53°40′28″N 1°56′24″W / 53.6745°N 1.9399°W Waterloo or Ripponden Old Bridge2
River Ryburn 1752;[179] single-span. Grade II* listed,[180] Scheduled monument.[181] Public road. West Yorkshire Stanbury
53°50′03″N 1°58′42″W / 53.8342°N 1.9784°W Lumbfoot Bridge1
River Worth Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed.[182] Carries public footpath. West Yorkshire Wakefield
53°40′33″N 1°29′22″W / 53.6759°N 1.4895°W Little Bridge1
River Calder Probably 18th-century; three elliptical arches. Grade II listed.[183] West Yorkshire Wadsworth
53°46′45″N 2°00′47″W / 53.7791°N 2.0130°W Lumb Bridge1
Crimsworth Dean Beck Probably early 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[184] Carries public bridleway. Wiltshire Coombe Bissett
51°02′12″N 1°50′46″W / 51.0368°N 1.8461°W packhorse bridge2
River Ebble Medieval, widened in the 19th century; three low two-centred arches. Grade II listed.[185] Carries public footpath. Wiltshire Melksham
51°21′28″N 2°10′15″W / 51.3577°N 2.1708°W packhorse bridge1
River Avon 1725; four segmental arches. Grade II listed.[186] Carries public footpath. Worcestershire Astley
52°18′10″N 2°18′40″W / 52.3028°N 2.3112°W New Bridge
Dick Brook Late 18th- or early 19th-century, possibly earlier, single arch. Grade II listed.[187] Carries public bridleway. Worcestershire Shell
52°14′07″N 2°04′22″W / 52.2352°N 2.0729°W Shell Packhorse Bridge1
Bow Brook 17th-century or earlier, two round arches. Grade II listed.[188] Adjacent to ford on public road.