Canal Bridge Number 72 at Sd 596 146 Idle 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 72 at Sd 596 146 Idle Bridge
- WRENN ID
- fallow-fireplace-weasel
- 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 72 at Sd 596 146 Idle Bridge, Westhoughton Road, Heath Charnock
- OS grid reference
- SD 597 146
- Coordinates
- 53.62682, -2.61081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Canal Bridge Number 72, also known as Idle Bridge, is a bridge that spans the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, originally part of the Lancaster Canal South End. It was likely built in the 1790s and is constructed from stone. The bridge features an elliptical arch with a triple keystone and has buttressed piers at each end. The walls of the bridge are battered and curve inwards towards the center, and it is adorned with bands and parapets that have rounded coping.
Local climate
Canal Bridge Number 72 at Sd 596 146 Idle Bridge 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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