Canal Bridge Number 71 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Bridge.

Canal Bridge Number 71

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1984
Type
Bridge
Address
Canal Bridge Number 71, Rawlinson Lane, Heath Charnock
OS grid reference
SD 595 141
Coordinates
53.62241, -2.61244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Canal Bridge Number 71 is a bridge on the Leeds - Liverpool Canal, originally part of the Lancaster Canal South End, likely built in the 1790s. It is constructed of stone and features an elliptical arch with a triple keystone. The bridge has buttressed piers at each end, and the walls are adorned with bands and parapets that have rounded coping.

Local climate

Canal Bridge Number 71 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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