Walton Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Walton Bridge

WRENN ID
rusted-basalt-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 December 1983
Type
Bridge
Address
Walton Bridge, Wrrington Road
OS grid reference
SJ 596 849
Coordinates
53.36029, -2.6073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walton Bridge, built around 1770 by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater, carries Warrington Road over the Bridgewater Canal. The bridge is constructed of stone-dressed brown brick and features a deep segmented arch with springers and a raised band of stone surrounding the brick voussoirs. The parapets have flush stone copings, and the abutments are curved in plan and battered in section. There is an oak rubbing-post for towropes located in the east corner of the abutment. Sandstone kerbs line the canal banks beneath the bridge, and the embankments adjoining the bridge are finished with dry-stone lining.

Local climate

Walton Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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