Birks Bridge is a traditional stone-built bridge over the River Duddon in the English Lake District, in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumbria, standing at Grid Reference . History and construction The bridge was built around the 18th century, with voussoirs and inbuilt drainage, and became a listed building in 1990. Aspect Birks Bridge is a packhorse bridge of outstanding beauty, even for Lakeland. Hunter Davies described how "the hump-back stone bridge seems itself to be a work of nature, blending and melding so well with the rocks either side". Wainwright considered this a tribute to the artistry of craftsmen of former times. See also Listed buildings in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite Ashness Bridge Harter Fell (Eskdale) Slater's Bridge References External links Birks Bridge, Duddon Valley Bridges in Cumbria Grade II listed bridges South Lakeland District