Old Bridge at Hebden December 2015

 These pictures were the result of not felling I wanted to intrude on peoples grief, I was in Hebden Bridge just 4 days after the town had been devastated by the 2015 Boxing Day floods, I'd caught the train up out of curiosity of what damage the town had endured and having seen it I didn't want to picture what was peoples private property being thrown out due to water damage. I took a few pictures of the old packhorse bridge and then set off for home walking along the Rochdale Canal.

Hebden Old Bridge also known as the Old Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed, 3 arch stone bridge that crossers Hebden Water in the market town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. The bridge was built circa 1510 to replace an earlier timber crossing a little further upstream. It is 7ft 6 in wide with passing places in the parapet. It was replaced as the main crossing point over Hebden Water by the new turnpike a few hundred metres to the south when opened in the 1770's.

The pictures below were taken with a Polaroid is2132 camera on the 30th December 2015.

The bridge was once the main crossing point over Hebden Water, it's not hard to see it would not have been suitable for the Georgian Era when it was replaced in 1772, never mind the modern traffic levels seen now. The bridge is only accessible to pedestrians and push bikes.

This picture was taken from the 1772 replacement bridge to the south.

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