Bridge Number 1 (Junction Bridge) Macclesfield Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1967. Bridge.

Bridge Number 1 (Junction Bridge) Macclesfield Canal

WRENN ID
stubborn-arch-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1967
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Number 1 (Junction Bridge) Macclesfield Canal, Marple
OS grid reference
SJ 961 884
Coordinates
53.39248, -2.05946
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Number 1, also known as Junction Bridge, is a roving bridge completed by 1831 and designed by engineer William Crosley. The bridge features rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and has parapet walls. It includes a horseshoe arch with a keystone, an ashlar band, and concaved parapet walls that have rounded tops, which are finished with battered square piers. Additionally, there is a spiral towpath walk associated with the bridge.

Local climate

Bridge Number 1 (Junction Bridge) Macclesfield Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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