Canal Bridge Number 78 (Bagganley Bridge) is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Bridge.
Canal Bridge Number 78 (Bagganley Bridge)
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gutter-crow
- 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 78 (Bagganley Bridge), Bagganley Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 595 183
- Coordinates
- 53.65975, -2.61429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Canal Bridge Number 78, also known as Bagganley Bridge, is a stone bridge located on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, originally part of the Lancaster Canal South End. It was likely built in the 1790s. The bridge features an elliptical arch with a triple keystone and has buttressed piers at each end. The walls of the bridge are adorned with bands and parapets that have rounded coping.
Local climate
Canal Bridge Number 78 (Bagganley Bridge) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 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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