Ashton Canal Towpath Bridge Over Junction with Stockport Branch Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Ashton Canal Towpath Bridge Over Junction with Stockport Branch Canal

WRENN ID
western-spindle-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SJ 882 981
Coordinates
53.48036, -2.17807
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ashton Canal Towpath Bridge over the junction with the former Stockport Branch Canal is a bridge likely built around 1800, although it has been altered since then. It is constructed from red brick and sandstone rubble, featuring cast-iron beams. The horizontal span of the bridge is supported by these cast-iron beams, with long sloped abutment ramps on either side; the ramp on the east side is mostly made of rubble. The parapets have ridged copings, and the deck is cobbled. There is a similar ramp at right angles on the south side, which has been recently restored. The former branch canal is now filled in, leaving only a small basin on the south side of the bridge.

Local climate

Ashton Canal Towpath Bridge Over Junction with Stockport Branch Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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