A bridge fit for a Queen...
May 2008

"We are amused" said Queen Victoria as she walked over the delightful rustic timber-framed bridge in Weston Park, Sheffield, waving her parasol at the team of makers from Handspring Design.

Of course the part of Queen Victoria was merely a flimsy reconstruction lasting only for the duration of a launch event for the multi-million pound Heritage Lottery Fund restoration programme at Sheffield's key city centre park. Handspring Design's reconstruction of one of the Victorian park's lost bridge was however a more substantial job, and the park now has a beautiful feature that will last long into the future.

The design for the new oak bridge is drawn directly from ancient photographs of the original, but in order to meet modern safety requirements a contemporary touch of stainless steel has been subtly added in the form of a top rail and upright struts.
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