Leeds Liverpool Canal, Railway Bridge Over Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 595 162 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Railway_bridge.

Leeds Liverpool Canal, Railway Bridge Over Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 595 162

WRENN ID
hidden-rood-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1984
Type
Railway_bridge
Address
Leeds Liverpool Canal, Railway Bridge Over Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 595 162, Hoggs Lane
OS grid reference
SD 595 162
Coordinates
53.64102, -2.61354
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, located at Hogg's Lane in Chorley, dates from around 1840. It is a skew bridge that carries the Bolton and Preston railway over the canal. Constructed from gritstone and ashlar, the bridge features a single skewed elliptical arch supported by buttressed approach abutments. These abutments have a string course and a parapet, with the buttresses extending as piers in the straight ashlar coping. The soffit of the arch is made up of winding courses of white masonry, with the outer ends finished as slightly rusticated voussoirs on the faces of the bridge. This structure is a notable example of skilled design and construction.

Local climate

Leeds Liverpool Canal, Railway Bridge Over Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 595 162 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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