Iron Roving Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Iron Roving Bridge

WRENN ID
tenth-sill-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1972
Type
Bridge
Address
Iron Roving Bridge, Shropshire Union Canal, CH1 4JR
OS grid reference
SJ 399 667
Coordinates
53.19474, -2.89969
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Iron Roving Bridge, built around 1800, is a notable structure designed by the consulting engineer Thomas Telford. This bridge features a cambered wrought-iron span supported by stone-coped brick abutments and ramps. On the west bank, there is a slightly curved approach ramp leading from the south, while on the east bank, a spiral ramp descends south of the bridge, allowing access down and under the bridge to the towpath on the north side. Roving bridges like this one were specifically designed to enable horses towing canal boats to cross the canal without needing to be unhitched.

Local climate

Iron Roving Bridge receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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