Bridge number 4 (Shepley's Bridge) Macclesfield Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Bridge.

Bridge number 4 (Shepley's Bridge) Macclesfield Canal

WRENN ID
guardian-eave-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge number 4 (Shepley's Bridge) Macclesfield Canal, Hawk Green, Maple
OS grid reference
SJ 956 875
Coordinates
53.38475, -2.06646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shepley's Bridge, also known as Bridge Number 4 on the Macclesfield Canal, is an accommodation bridge completed by 1831, designed by engineer William Crosley. It is constructed from dressed stone and features an elliptical horseshoe keystone arch. The bridge has convex parapet walls that include a stone band and rounded copings, which end in square piers. Additionally, the structure is grooved for stop planks.

Local climate

Bridge number 4 (Shepley's 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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