Clun Bridge is a historical bridge in the small town of
Clun
Clun is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills AONB, Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2011 United Kingdom census, census recorded 680 people living in the town.Combined populations for the t ...
,
Shropshire
Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...
, England dating from 1450 which crosses over the
River Clun.
The bridge is still an important bridging point over the River Clun and carries the
A488 and B4368 roads over it, despite being a stone
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 Parapet#Bridg ...
.
Alternatively, there is a
ford to cross the River Clun at Clun. Recently the local authorities have been looking into an alternative route for the A488 main road through Clun, as neither the ford nor the ancient bridge are adequate in meeting the demands of modern heavy traffic. Satellite navigation systems used by some lorry drivers are making the problem worse, as they are currently directing traffic down the A488, without giving warning of the narrow bridge.
Some remedial work was carried out on the approaches to the bridge in 2006 to mitigate the effects of long and heavy vehicles using it. During the carrying out of these works there was much disruption in the wider area due to the closing of this important bridging point to traffic.
The bridge is at above
sea level
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.
File:ClunBridge1c.jpg, Clun Bridge is part of an 'A' classified route
File:Clun Ford - geograph.org.uk - 703037.jpg, The nearby alternative — Waterloo Ford
See also
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Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Council (A–G)
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Listed buildings in Clun
Clun and Chapel Lawn, Clun is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 160 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the h ...
References
External links
360 degree panorama of Clun Bridge(BBC)
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Bridges in Shropshire
Roads in England
Bridges completed in the 15th century
Buildings and structures completed in 1450
Transport infrastructure completed in the 1450s
Packhorse bridges
Clun