Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Aqueduct Carrying Canal Over River Wheelock is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Aqueduct.

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Aqueduct Carrying Canal Over River Wheelock

WRENN ID
wild-groin-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1986
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Aqueduct Carrying Canal Over River Wheelock, Stanthorne and Wimboldsley
OS grid reference
SJ 695 657
Coordinates
53.18831, -2.45673
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal Aqueduct, built in 1829, carries the canal over the River Wheelock. It is constructed of blue brick and features a wide semi-circular arch composed of three rings of brick voussoirs. The curved parapets terminate in circular stone piers, and there are raked retaining walls along the river banks topped with stone copings. This aqueduct is a solidly handsome structure with a simple design.

Local climate

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Aqueduct Carrying Canal Over River Wheelock 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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