Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 28 Carrying Footpath Over Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Canal bridge.

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 28 Carrying Footpath Over Canal

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1986
Type
Canal bridge
OS grid reference
SJ 700 657
Coordinates
53.18771, -2.4503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 28, built in 1829, is a canal footbridge made of blue-brown and blue brick. It features a slightly skewed basket arch with concave batter to the abutments, which are also curved in plan. At path level, there is a stone band, and the brick parapets have square end-piers with recessed stone copings.

Local climate

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 28 Carrying Footpath Over Canal receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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