Great Hanging Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Great Hanging Bridge
- WRENN ID
- blind-bonework-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Great Hanging Bridge, Meadow Lane, Croston
- OS grid reference
- SD 466 179
- Coordinates
- 53.65559, -2.80868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great Hanging Bridge is a public road bridge that spans the new cut of the River Douglas. It was likely built in the early to mid-18th century and is constructed from rock-faced sandstone. The bridge features three spans with low segmental arches that have triple keystones and archbands, along with rounded cutwaters and pilastered piers. The parapets are made of large tooled blocks, which are probably replacements, and the inner side of the south parapet is inscribed with the name GREAT HANGING BRIDGE. The River Douglas was improved for navigation between 1720 and 1742 to create a route from the Wigan coalfield to the Ribble Estuary. This bridge closely resembles the White Bridge in Mawdesley.
Local climate
Great Hanging Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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