Huddersfield Narrow Canal Moorgate Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1995. Bridge.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Moorgate Bridge
- WRENN ID
- burning-bastion-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1995
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal Moorgate Bridge, Saddleworth
- OS grid reference
- SD 995 056
- Coordinates
- 53.54748, -2.00785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moorgate Bridge is a roving bridge over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in Saddleworth, dating from the early 19th century. It was probably designed by Benjamin Outram. The bridge is constructed of hammer-dressed coursed stone and features a semi-elliptical arch made of voussoirs. There is a slightly protruding band at the level of the parapet, which is topped with half-round copings. The towside wingwalls slope down to path level on both the north and south approaches, while the offside continuation of the parapet runs alongside the road.
Local climate
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Moorgate Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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