AN 18th-Century Lake District bridge has been selected to feature on new Royal Mail stamps.
The packhorse bridge, which spans over Mosedale Beck at Wasdale Head, is just one of ten landmark bridges to be chosen to celebrate the leaps in engineering that have seen the UK’s bridges evolve from humble stone crossings to dramatic and symbolic landmarks.
The Row Bridge is believed to have been constructed in the mid-18th century.
The other bridges featured on the stamps are: Tarr Steps (Exmoor); Pulteney Bridge (Bath); Thomas Telford’s Craigellachie Bridge (Moray); Pont Grog y Borth / Menai Suspension Bridge; Robert Stephenson’s High Level Bridge (Newcastle/Gateshead); Royal Border Bridge (Berwick-upon-Tweed); Tees Transporter Bridge (Middlesbrough); Humber Bridge; and the Peace Bridge (Derry / Londonderry).
Royal Mail vans in the Lake District will feature an image of the bridge.
The stamps are on sale now and available at www.royalmail.com/bridges, by phone on 03457 641 641 and in 8000 Post Offices across the UK.
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