Sandy Holme Aqueduct in Thompson Park is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. Aqueduct.

Sandy Holme Aqueduct in Thompson Park

WRENN ID
waiting-timber-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Sandy Holme Aqueduct in Thompson Park, Ormerod Road
OS grid reference
SD 846 334
Coordinates
53.79706, -2.23449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sandy Holme Aqueduct in Thompson Park is a canal aqueduct built around 1790 to 1796 for the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Company, designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. It is constructed from dressed sandstone blocks, with the lower half featuring rusticated and rock-faced stone with random punching. The aqueduct has two horseshoe arches; the southern arch spans the River Brun, while the other arch crosses a footpath. Above the arches is a broad band, with the retaining wall slightly set back and another band above it. The structure is topped with coped parapets and has sloped concave abutment walls that include rectangular terminal piers.

Local climate

Sandy Holme Aqueduct in Thompson Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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