Manchester and Ashton Under Lyne Canal Bridge Number 16 is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1987. Bridge.
Manchester and Ashton Under Lyne Canal Bridge Number 16
- WRENN ID
- frozen-portal-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne MP: Angela Rayner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 900 978
- Coordinates
- 53.47759, -2.15098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne Canal Bridge Number 16 is a footbridge built in 1838, as indicated by the datestone. It is constructed from rock-faced and hammer-dressed stone and features a segmental arch. The bridge has large vertically set slabs that form the parapet walls, which rise above a band, and it is supported by square terminating piers. Locally, it is known as the Camel's Hump or Jamaica Bridge.
Local climate
Manchester and Ashton Under Lyne Canal Bridge Number 16 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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