Rochdale Canal Branch Arm Halfpenny Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1977. Foot bridge.

Rochdale Canal Branch Arm Halfpenny Bridge

WRENN ID
dusted-turret-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1977
Type
Foot bridge
OS grid reference
SD 901 127
Coordinates
53.61081, -2.15066
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Halfpenny Bridge is a footbridge built in 1831, made of wrought and cast iron, stone, and brick. It features a shallow segmental riveted girder that supports another girder forming the road level. The parapet consists of sturdy cast iron railings with crested lattice panels. At the west end, there are three fluted column cast iron posts at the top of a flight of stone steps, which have thick rusticated side walls. The road bed is paved with York stone and continues into a cobbled path at the east end. This bridge formerly crossed the Rochdale Canal Branch Arm and is particularly notable as a rare surviving toll bridge over a canal. A plaque commemorates its restoration in 1978.

Local climate

Rochdale Canal Branch Arm Halfpenny 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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