Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 168 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Bridge.

Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 168

WRENN ID
dusk-arch-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 168, Booth Lane, Middlewich
OS grid reference
SJ 706 657
Coordinates
53.18768, -2.44112
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge number 168 carries Booth Lane and the Trent and Mersey towpath over the entrance to the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal. Built in 1829, it is constructed of brick and stone featuring brown English bond brickwork. The bridge has a deep segmental arch with rusticated stone voussoirs. There are plain projecting stone bands at both the road and towpath levels, along with stone copings. A stone retaining wall is present on the east side of the road. Additionally, stones above the crowns of the arch on the towpath and the west side of the road are inscribed with "WARDLE CANAL 1829" in incised Roman capitals.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 168 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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