Skerton Bridge
Skerton Bridge is a road bridge carrying the southbound lanes of the A6 road over the River Lune in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The bridge is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building and scheduled monument.Photo: Maxine Armstrong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lancaster Castle and Grand Theatre.
Lancaster Castle
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune. Lancaster Castle is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Skerton Bridge.
Grand Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Grand Theatre in Lancaster, England is one of the oldest theatres in England and the third oldest in Britain, having been in near continuous use since 1782. Grand Theatre is situated 1,600 feet south of Skerton Bridge.
Greyhound Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Greyhound Bridge is a road-connection spanning the River Lune as it runs through Lancaster, England. It serves as the primary route northwards, on account of a one-way system that directs all southbound traffic over Skerton Bridge. Greyhound Bridge is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Skerton Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skerton and Aldcliffe.
Skerton
Suburb
Skerton is an area in the north of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, on the other side of the River Lune to the castle. It was formerly a township, but in the late 1800s it was incorporated into Lancaster and the neighbouring townships. Skerton Bridge takes the A6 southwards towards the city centre.
Aldcliffe
Village
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aldcliffe is a hamlet, and former township and civil parish, now in the parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, south-west of Lancaster, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. Aldcliffe is situated 1½ miles southwest of Skerton Bridge.
Torrisholme
Suburb
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torrisholme is a suburb of Morecambe, Lancashire, on the North West coast of England. In the 2001 census, the Torrisholme Ward had a population of 6,758 living in 3,118 households, decreasing marginally to 6,755 at the 2011 Census. Torrisholme is situated 2 miles northwest of Skerton Bridge.
Skerton Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Lancashire, England, UK
- Categories: arch bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.05455° or 54° 3′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.79656° or 2° 47′ 48″ westInception
1787Open location code
9C6V3633+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 556758289OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q2292017
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In Other Languages
“Skerton Bridge” goes by many names.
- German: “Skerton Bridge”
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