Tunnel Under Macclesfield Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 2004. Canal tunnel.

Tunnel Under Macclesfield Canal

WRENN ID
woven-pillar-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 2004
Type
Canal tunnel
Address
Tunnel Under Macclesfield Canal, Congleton
OS grid reference
SJ 866 621
Coordinates
53.15668, -2.2009
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tunnel under the Macclesfield Canal is a canal tunnel built in 1830 by William Crosley, who was the engineer for the Macclesfield Canal Company. It opened in November 1831. The tunnel is constructed of ashlar stone. The south portal features a round arched entrance with a plain raised keystone, and above it is a plain ashlar band. The portal abutments are slightly splayed and also have plain ashlar coping. The round arched tunnel extends approximately 15 meters to the north. The north portal no longer exists, and the tunnel is currently blocked. This tunnel is an important functional element of the Macclesfield Canal.

Local climate

Tunnel Under Macclesfield Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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