Leeds and Liverpool Canal Waterhouse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Bridge.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Waterhouse Bridge

WRENN ID
calm-quoin-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Waterhouse Bridge, Blackrod
OS grid reference
SD 597 122
Coordinates
53.60512, -2.60906
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Waterhouse Bridge is an accommodation bridge built in the 1790s for the south branch of the Lancaster Canal, designed by engineer John Rennie. It is constructed of stone and features an elliptical arch with a keystone, a raised band, and a parapet.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Waterhouse Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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