thumb|right|[[Essex Bridge, Staffordshire|Essex Bridge, a packhorse bridge across the River Trent]]
thumb|right|Medieval packhorse bridge crossing the Almofrei at [[Cotobade, Galicia]]
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.
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. 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 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: 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.
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
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! scope="col" style="width:150px" |County
! scope="col" style="width:125px" |Location
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |Name<sup>Group</sup>
! scope="col" style="width:75px" class="unsortable"|Photograph
! scope="col" style="width:100px" |Crosses
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|Bedfordshire
|Sutton<br /><small></small>
|Sutton Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Potton Brook
|Medieval with later repairs; two pointed arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Cheshire
|Crowton<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|Acton Brook
|Single segmental arch. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Cheshire
|Hockenhull Platts<br /><small></small>
|Roman Bridges<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Gowy
|Three bridges, "probably late 18th-century" or "late 17th-century". The three bridges carry a public byway.
|-
|Cheshire
|Quarry Bank Mill, Styal<br /><small></small>
|The Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|River Bollin
|1820, single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries a public byway.
|-
|Cheshire/Derbyshire
|Three Shire Heads<br /><small></small>
|Three Shire Heads Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Dane
|Probably late 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public byway.
|-
|Cornwall
|Bowithick<br /><small></small>
|Bowithick Bridge
|100px|center
|Penpont Water
|Probably early 19th-century; three stone arches, one larger and two small. Grade II listed.
|-
|Cornwall
|Launceston<br /><small></small>
|West Bridge (Prior's Bridge)
|100px|center
|River Kensey
|Late medieval; five-span bridge with two cut-waters. Grade I listed.
|-
|Cumbria
|Ambleside<br /><small></small>
|High Sweden Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Scandale Beck
|Late 17th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.< Carries public footpath.
|-
|Cumbria
|Barbon<br /><small></small>
|High Beckfoot Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Barbon Beck
|Probably late 17th- or 18th-century; described as "ruinous" in 1725. Single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Cumbria
|Dean<br /><small></small>
|Calva Hall packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Marron
|Dated 1697;
|-
|Cumbria
|Drigg<br /><small></small>
|Drigg Holme Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Irt
|Single-span. Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Cumbria
|Eskdale<br /><small></small>
|Doctor[s] Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Esk
|Probably 17th-century, widened in 1734. Grade II listed. Carries public road.
|-
|Cumbria
|Gaisgill<br /><small></small>
|Barugh Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Rais Gill
| Probably 18th-century, but maybe earlier. Grade II listed. Carries public byway.
|-
|Cumbria
|Knock<br /><small></small>
|
|
|Swindale Beck<!--Different watercourse to Parish Crag Bridge!-->
|Possibly 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Cumbria
|Little Langdale<br /><small></small>
|[[Slater's Bridge|Slater[s] Bridge]]<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Brathay
|17th-century; two clapper slabs and a single arch. Grade II* listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Cumbria
|Lowgill<br /><small></small>
|Lowgill Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|Lowgill Beck
|Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.
|-
|Cumbria
|Pennington<br /><small></small>
|Devil's Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Rathmoss Beck
|17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed. Alongside public road.
|-
|Cumbria
|Sca Fell<br /><small></small>
|Lingcove or Throstlegarth Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Lingcove Beck
|Single arch. On Open Access land.
|-
|Cumbria
|Seathwaite, Allerdale<br /><small></small>
|Stockley Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|Grains Gill
|Early- or mid-18th-century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Cumbria
|Shap<br /><small></small>
|Parish Crag Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Swindale Beck<!--Different watercourse to Knock, Cumbria-->
|Probably 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Cumbria
|Shap<br /><small></small>
|Park Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|Haweswater Beck
|1860–69; single span. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Cumbria
|Stainton<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|centre
|Stainton Beck
|Probably 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to ford.
|-
|Cumbria
|Ullock<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Black Beck
|Single span.
|-
|Cumbria
|Watendlath<br /><small></small>
|Watendlath Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Watendlath Beck
|18th-century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Cumbria
|Wilton<br /><small></small>
|Monk's Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|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.
|-
|Cumbria
|Winster<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|centre
|tributary of River Winster
|Probably 17th-century. Grade II listed. Adjacent to A5074 road.
|-
|Cumbria
|Winster<br /><small></small>
|Winster Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|centre
|River Winster
|1729 with 20th-century parapet; single span. Grade II listed.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Ashford-in-the-Water<br /><small></small>
|Sheepwash Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Wye
|18th-century; three low arches, with integral walled sheep pen on southern bank. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Bakewell<br /><small></small>
|Holme Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Wye
|1664; five segmental arches. Grade I listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Edale<br /><small></small>
|Gibraltar Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Grindsbrook
|18th-century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Edale<br /><small></small>
|Youngate or Jacob's Ladder Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Noe
|Possibly 17th-century; single span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway (part of the Pennine Way).
|-
|Derbyshire
|nr Errwood Hall<br /><small></small>
|Goyts Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Goyt
|Moved to current position in 1968 from Goyt's Bridge hamlet. In open access land.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Hayfield<br /><small></small>
|Bowden Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Kinder
|Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Derbyshire/Staffordshire
|Hollinsclough<br /><small></small>
|Hopping Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Dove
|Single semicircular arch. Carries public byway.
|-
|Derbyshire/South Yorkshire
|Howden Reservoir<br /><small></small>
|Slippery Stones Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Derwent
|1672; two segmental arches. Rebuilt 1959 after relocation from Derwent village. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Lea Hall<!--not the one in Birmingham--><br /><small></small>
|
|
|Bradbourne Brook
|17th-century or earlier; single pointed arch. Formerly Grade II listed, now delisted. On private land.
|-
|Derbyshire/South Yorkshire
|Longdendale<br /><small></small>
|Ladyshaw Bridge
|100px|center
|Salter's Brook
|17th-century; single-span. Carries public byway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail.
|-
|Derbyshire/Staffordshire
|Milldale<br /><small></small>
|Viator's Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Dove
|17th-century or earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath. Mentioned in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Youlgreave<br /><small></small>
|Bradford Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Bradford
|18th-century, single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Derbyshire
|Youlgreave<br /><small></small>
|Coalpit Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Lathkill
|Mid-18th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Devon
|Brendon<br /><small></small>
|Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|East Lyn River
|Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Devon
|Drewsteignton<br /><small></small>
|Fingle Bridge
|100px|center
|River Teign
|17th-century Grade II* listed three-arch granite bridge carrying unclassified road with pedestrian refuges over cutwaters.
|-
|Devon
|Membury<br /><small></small>
|Beckford Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Yarty
|18th- or 19th-century; single-span. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Devon
|Sidford<br /><small></small>
|Sidford Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|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.
|-
|Devon
|Westcott Barton, Marwood<!--NB not the one in Oxfordshire--><br /><small></small>
|
|
|Knowl Water
|Probably 18th- or early 19th-century. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Dorset
|near Corfe Castle<br /><small></small>
|Sharford Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Corfe River
|Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Dorset
|Fifehead Neville<br /><small></small>
|Fifehead Neville Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Divelish
|Probably medieval. Grade II listed; two triangular pointed arches. Carries footpath alongside ford on public road.
|-
|Dorset
|Gussage St Michael<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge
|100px|center
|River Allen
|Probably 18th-century; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Dorset
|Holwell<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|
|Caundle Brook
|Probably medieval, with 19th- and 20th-century alterations. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Dorset
|Rampisham<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Frome
|16th- or 17th-century alterations; three pointed arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Dorset
|Sturminster Marshall<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Winterborne
|17th-century; single cambered arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Dorset
|Tarrant Monkton<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Tarrant
|Probably 17th-century; 3 segmental arches. Grade II listed. Alongside ford on public road.
|-
|Durham
|Bowes<br /><small></small>
|Nabb Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Deepdale Beck
|1699 per datestone (contra English Heritage listing, which says "Mid C18"); single segmental arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Durham
|Brafferton<br /><small></small>
|Ketton Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Skerne
|Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Durham
|Cornsay<br /><small></small>
|
|
|Pan Burn
|Possibly early 18th-century; single wide segmental arch. Grade II listed. On private land.
|-
|Durham
|Egglestone Abbey<br /><small></small>
|Bow Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Thorsgill Beck
|17th-century; single round arch.
|-
|Durham
|Headlam<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Headlam or Dyance Beck
|Probably 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Durham
|West Hope<br /><small></small>
|West Hope Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|
|Hill or Waitgill Beck
|Single segmental arch.
|-
|Gloucestershire
|Slad<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Dillay Brook
|Carries public footpath.
|-
|Gloucestershire/Warwickshire
|Todenham<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Knee Brook
|Possibly 16th-century in origin, rebuilt 18th century; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Gloucestershire
|Wickwar<br /><small></small>
|Sturt Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Little Avon River
|Also known as Roman Arch. Probably late medieval or 16th-/17th-century; two arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Greater Manchester
|Prestolee<br /><small></small>
|Prestolee Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Irwell
|Late 18th-century; five semicircular arches with cutwaters. Grade II listed.
|-
|Greater Manchester
|Strines<br /><small></small>
|Roman Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Goyt
|18th-century; single segmental span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Greater Manchester
|Uppermill<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|Diggle Brook
|"Medieval". Adjacent to Oldham & Ripponden Trust Turnpike bridge (1864) and Brownhill Bridge Mill, which is Grade II listed.
|-
|Kent
|Eynsford<br /><small></small>
|Eynsford Bridge
|100px|center
|River Darent
|17th-century, two round arches. Grade II listed.
|-
|Lancashire
|Barrowford<br /><small></small>
|Higherford Old Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|Pendle Water
|16th/17th-century, parapets added 1814–15; single span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Lancashire
|Bleasdale<br /><small></small>
|Brooks Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Brock
|Single-span. Listed per Hinchliffe,
|-
|Lancashire
|Capernwray<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|River Keer
|Date uncertain; single semi-elliptical arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Lancashire
|Clitheroe<br /><small></small>
|Old Bridge, Lower Hodder; Cromwell's Bridge
|100px|center
|River Hodder
|c. 1562; three segmental arches, the middle arch being wider. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Lancashire
|Sawley<br /><small></small>
|Swanside Bridge
|100px|center
|Smithies Brook
|17th-century or earlier; single high segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Lancashire
|Wycoller<br /><small></small>
|Wycoller Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Wycoller Beck
|17th-century or perhaps earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Carries a public footpath.
|-
|Leicestershire
|Anstey<br /><small></small>
|Anstey Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|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; Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Leicestershire
|Anstey<br /><small></small>
|King William's Bridge<sup>3</sup>
|100px|center
|Rothley Brook
|Probably 17th-century; two round arches. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Leicestershire
|Aylestone<br /><small></small>
|Aylestone Old Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Soar
|Also known as the Roman Bridge. Probably 15th-century; eleven small arches (eight on bridge, three on causeway). Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Leicestershire
|Medbourne<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Medbourne Brook
|Possibly 13th-century; four arches. Scheduled monument.
|-
|Leicestershire
|Rearsby<br /><small></small>
|Seven Arch Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Rearsby Brook
|Pevsner says medieval, but datestone says 1714; seven semicircular arches, one almost buried. Grade II listed.
|-
|Leicestershire
|Thurcaston<br /><small></small>
|Coffin Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Rothley Brook
|Three 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.
|-
|Lincolnshire
|Utterby<br /><small></small>
|Utterby Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|
|14th-century; double chamfered cambered arch. Grade II* listed.
|-
|Lincolnshire
|West Rasen<br /><small></small>
|Bishop's Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Rase
|15th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Norfolk
|Walsingham<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Stiffkey
|Original date unknown, probably reconstructed late 19th century; four small arches. Grade II listed. In grounds of Walsingham Abbey.
|-
|Northamptonshire
|Charwelton<br /><small></small>
|Charwelton Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Cherwell
|Probably 15th-century; two pointed arches. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries roadside pavement.
|-
|Northumberland
|Ovingham<br /><small></small>
|Ovingham Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Whittle Burn
|18th-century per English Heritage (Hinchliffe says 1698
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Aldbrough St John<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Aldbrough Beck
|Possibly 16th- or 17th-century; three segmental pointed arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Birstwith<br /><small></small>
|New Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Nidd
|Also known as Haxby Bridge. 1822; single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public right-of-way.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Boltby<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Gurtof Beck
|Single semicircular arch. Carries public footpath.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Croft-on-Tees<br /><small></small>
|Clow Beck Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Clow Beck
|Possibly 15th-century; two segmental arches on differing alignments. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Danby<br /><small></small>
|Duck Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Esk
|Ancient stone bridge over the River Esk, about 1 km North from Danby Castle.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Glaisdale<br /><small></small>
|Beggars Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Esk
|1619; single segmental arch. Grade II* listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Hampsthwaite<br /><small></small>
|Cockhill Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Cockhill Beck
|Probably 17th-century; single small semicircular arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Hubberholme<br /><small></small>
|Crook Gill Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Crook Gill
|Single segmental arch.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Knox nr Harrogate<br /><small></small>
|Knox or Spruisty Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Oak Beck
|17th- or 18th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Linton<br /><small></small>
|Redmayne Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Linton or Eller Beck
|Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single shallow arch with additional flood arch. Grade II listed. Carries public byway alongside ford.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Norwood<br /><small></small>
|Dob Park Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Washburn
|Probably early 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public byway.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Pickering<br /><small></small>
|Ings Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Pickering Beck
|Probably early 19th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to public road.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Ravenseat, Swaledale<br /><small></small>
|Ravenseat Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Whitsundale Beck
|18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries farm access.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Romanby<br /><small></small>
|Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Willow Beck
|16th-century, repaired 1621; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Skipton<br /><small></small>
|Skipton packhorse bridge
|100px|center
|Wilderness Beck
|Probably 17th-century; single arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Sowerby<br /><small></small>
|Town End Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Cod Beck
|Also known as World's End Bridge. 1672; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Spofforth<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge
|100px|center
|River Crimple
|18th-century; single arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Stokesley<br /><small></small>
|Taylorson's Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Leven
|17th- or early 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Thornthwaite<br /><small></small>
|Thornthwaite Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Fall or Padside or Darley Beck
|Single segmental span. Scheduled monument.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Westerdale<br /><small></small>
|Hunter's Sty (Stee) Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Esk
|13th-century, restored 1874; single round span. Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath.
|-
|North Yorkshire
|Yockenthwaite<br /><small></small>
|Yockenthwaite Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Wharfe
|Probably early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Nottinghamshire
|Ratcliffe-on-Soar<br /><small></small>
|Red Hill Lock Bridge
|100px|center
|River Soar<br/>(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.
|-
|Shropshire
|Clun<br /><small></small>
|Clun Bridge
|100px|center
|River Clun
|Probably 16th-century; five segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries A488 road.
|-
|Shropshire
|Rushbury<br /><small></small>
|Rushbury Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Eaton Brook
|17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Somerset
|Allerford<br /><small></small>
|Allerford Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Aller
|Medieval; two segmental-headed arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Adjoins public road through ford.
|-
|Somerset
|Bruton<br /><small></small>
|Bow Bridge, Plox<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Brue
|Possibly 15th-century; single-span. Grade I listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Somerset
|Charterhouse<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|
|17th- or 18th-century; single low segmental arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Somerset
|Chew Stoke<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>3</sup>
|100px|center
|Strode Brook
|Two round arches.
|-
|Somerset
|Chewton Keynsham<br /><small></small>
|Chewton Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|River Chew
|Early 18th-century; two segmental arches. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public byway.
|-
|Somerset
|Dowlish Wake<br /><small></small>
|Dowlish Wake Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|Dowlish Brook
|17th- 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.
|-
|Somerset
|Dunster<br /><small></small>
|Gallox Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Avill
|Possibly 15th-century; two round arches. Grade I listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Somerset
|Ilchester<br /><small></small>
|Pill Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Ivel
|17th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Somerset
|Horner<br /><small></small>
|Hacketty Way Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Horner
|Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Somerset
|West Luccombe<br /><small></small>
|West Luccombe packhorse bridge
|100px|center
|River Horner
|Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Somerset
|Oare<br /><small></small>
|Malmsmead Bridge
|100px|center
|Badgworthy Water
|17th–18th-century; two rounded arches. Grade II listed. Carries public road.
|-
|Somerset
|Oare<br /><small></small>
|Robber's Bridge
|100px|center
|Weir Water
|Carries public road.
|-
|Somerset
|Queen Camel<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Cam
|Carries public footpath.
|-
|Somerset
|Rode<br /><small></small>
|Scutt's Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Frome
|Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Somerset
|Tellisford<br /><small></small>
|Tellisford Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Frome
|Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Somerset
|Watchet<br /><small></small>
|Kentsford Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Washford River
|Probably late medieval; two segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Somerset
|Wellow<br /><small></small>
|Wellow Bridge
|100px|center
|Wellow Brook
|Late medieval; two round arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Somerset
|Winsford<br /><small></small>
|Lyncombe Bridge
|100px|center
|River Exe
|17th- or 18th-century, possibly earlier. Grade II listed.
|-
|Somerset
|Winsford<br /><small></small>
|Old Vicarage Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Exe
|Medieval, restored 1952; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath, just upstream of 19th-century road bridge (also called Vicarage Bridge).
|-
|Somerset
|Winsford<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Winn Brook
|Medieval, restored 1952; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|South Yorkshire
|Longshaw<br /><small></small>
|Burbage Brook Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Burbage Brook
|c. 1750; single segmental arch. Grade II listed. On open access moorland, near to Carl Wark.
|-
|South Yorkshire
|Oxspring<br /><small></small>
|Willow Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Don
|Probably 17th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed. On public bridleway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail.
|-
|South Yorkshire
|Rivelin Valley<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Rivelin
|c. 1775; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed. In Country Park.
|-
|South Yorkshire
|Wharncliffe Side<br /><small></small>
|Glen Howe Packhorse Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|Tinker Brook
|Formerly New Mill Bridge. 1734; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed. In public park; resited during construction of Ewden Reservoir.
|-
|Staffordshire
|Great Haywood<br /><small></small>
|Essex Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Trent
|Probably 16th-century; fourteen round arches. Described as "perhaps the least altered old bridge in the county" Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Staffordshire
|Tamworth<br /><small></small>
|The Old Bolebridge
|
|River Anker
|No longer extant; demolished c.1878–79.
|-
|Staffordshire
|Wetton, Staffordshire<br /><small></small>
|Wetton or Wettonmill Bridge
|100px|center
|River Manifold
|Early 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.
|-
|Suffolk
|Cavenham<br /><small></small>
|Stone Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|tributary of River Lark
|Probably 16th-century; single segmental brick arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to public road.
|-
|Suffolk
|Moulton<br /><small></small>
|Moulton Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Kennett
|ca. 1446 with 18th-century alterations; Scheduled monument. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Surrey
|Ewell<br /><small></small>
|The Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|Hogsmill River
|18th-century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed.
|-
|Surrey
|Gomshall<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|River Tillingbourne
|15th-century; three arches. Grade II listed.
|-
|Warwickshire
|Shustoke<br /><small></small>
|Blyth Hall Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|River Blythe
|18th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.
|-
|West Midlands
|Hampton-in-Arden<br /><small></small>
|Hampton in Arden packhorse bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Blythe
|15th-century; three stone and two brick arches. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Bingley<br /><small></small>
|Beckfoot Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Harden Beck
|c.1723; single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Clayton West<br /><small></small>
|Park Mill Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Dearne
|Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public right-of-way.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Colden<br /><small></small>
|Strines Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Colden Water
|Possibly 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 Yorkshire
|Goose Eye<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|Dean Beck
|Date unknown; single arch. Grade II listed. Adjacent to clapper bridge; carries public bridleway.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Haworth<br /><small></small>
|Long Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Worth
|Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Hebden Bridge<br /><small></small>
|The Old Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|Hebden Water
|Also known as Hepton Brig. Carries public right-of-way.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Loxley<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|River Loxley
|Probably 18th-century, restored 1864. Grade II listed.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Marsden<br /><small></small>
|Close Gate Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Haigh Clough
|17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Marsden<br /><small></small>
|Mellor Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Colne
|17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Meanwood<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|Meanwood Beck
|Early 18th-century. Grade II listed, "a rare survival of a pack-horse bridge sited within a suburban setting".
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Oxenhope<br /><small></small>
|North Ives or Donkey Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Bridgehouse Beck
|Date uncertain; single steeply arched span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Rishworth Moor<br /><small></small>
|Oxygrains Old Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|Oxygrains Clough
|Probably early 17th-century; single-span. Scheduled monument. On Access Land.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Ripponden<br /><small></small>
|Waterloo or Ripponden Old Bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Ryburn
|1752; single-span. Grade II* listed, Scheduled monument. Public road.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Stanbury<br /><small></small>
|Lumbfoot Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Worth
|Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Wakefield<br /><small></small>
|Little Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Calder
|Probably 18th-century; three elliptical arches. Grade II listed.
|-
|West Yorkshire
|Wadsworth<br /><small></small>
|Lumb Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Crimsworth Dean Beck
|Probably early 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Wiltshire
|Coombe Bissett<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>2</sup>
|100px|center
|River Ebble
|Medieval, widened in the 19th century; three low two-centred arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Wiltshire
|Melksham<br /><small></small>
|packhorse bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|River Avon
|1725; four segmental arches. Grade II listed. Carries public footpath.
|-
|Worcestershire
|Astley<br /><small></small>
|New Bridge
|100px|center
|Dick Brook
|Late 18th- or early 19th-century, possibly earlier, single arch. Grade II listed. Carries public bridleway.
|-
|Worcestershire
|Shell<br /><small></small>
|Shell Packhorse Bridge<sup>1</sup>
|100px|center
|Bow Brook
|17th-century or earlier, two round arches. Grade II listed. Adjacent to ford on public road.
|}
Isle of Man
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |County
! scope="col" style="width:125px" |Location
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |Name
! scope="col" style="width:75px" class="unsortable"|Photograph
! scope="col" style="width:100px" |Crosses
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|Isle of Man
|Ballasalla<br /><small></small>
|Crossag or Monks' Bridge
|100px|center
|Silver Burn
|c. 1350; two slightly pointed arches. "It is believed to be the best example of [a] medieval bridge in the British Isles."
|}
Scotland
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |County
! scope="col" style="width:125px" |Location
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |Name
! scope="col" style="width:75px" |Photograph
! scope="col" style="width:100px" |Crosses
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|Borders
|Stow of Wedale<br /><small></small>
|Stow Old Bridge
|100px|center
|Gala Water
| 1655; three segmental arches. Grade B listed.
|-
|Highland
|Carrbridge<br /><small></small>
|Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|River Dulnain
| 1717; slender arch. Category B listed.
|-
|Fife
|Coaltown of Balgonie<br /><small></small>
|Barrel Brig
|100px|center
|River Ore, Fife
| Early 18th century; double-span with cutwaters. Grade B listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Highland
|John o' Groats<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|Huna Burn
| 1651; single-span. Grade B listed.
|-
|South Lanarkshire
|East Kilbride<br /><small></small>
|Craig Mill Packhorse Bridge
|
| White Cart Water
| Single-span. Grade B listed.
|}
Wales
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |County
! scope="col" style="width:125px" |Location
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |Name
! scope="col" style="width:75px" class="unsortable"|Photograph
! scope="col" style="width:100px" |Crosses
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|Blaenau Gwent
|Aberbeeg<br /><small></small>
|Aberbeeg Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|Ebbw Fach River
|Grade II listed.
|-
|Conwy
|Penmachno<br /><small></small>
|Roman Bridge
|100px|center
|River Machno
|Grade II listed.
|-
|Flintshire
|Caergwrle<br /><small></small>
|Caergwrle Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|River Alyn
|Mid-17th-century; "one of the finest examples in Wales". Grade II listed.
|-
|Flintshire
|Ffrith<br /><small></small>
|Ffrith Bridge
|100px|center
|River Cegidog
|Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Gwynedd
|Dyffryn Ardudwy<br /><small></small>
|Pont Scethin
|100px|center
|Afon Ysgethin
|Probably 18th-century; single arch. Scheduled monument.
|-
|Gwynedd
|Minllyn<br /><small></small>
|Pont Minllyn
|100px|center
|River Dovey
|Probably 17th-century; two segmental arches. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument.
|-
|Powys
|Llangenny<br /><small></small>
|
|100px|center
|Grwyne Fawr
|Grade II listed.
|-
|Swansea
|Cheriton<br /><small></small>
|Kittlehill Packhorse Bridge
|100px|center
|Burry Pill
|Grade II listed.
|}