Lancaster Canal Hodgson's Bridge (Number 129) is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. A C18 Bridge.
Lancaster Canal Hodgson's Bridge (Number 129)
- WRENN ID
- spare-span-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1983
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Lancaster Canal Hodgson's Bridge (Number 129), North Road, Carnforth
- OS grid reference
- SD 503 705
- Coordinates
- 54.12835, -2.7618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hodgson's Bridge, also known as Number 129, is a bridge over the Lancaster Canal that was opened in 1797. It is constructed from gritstone blocks and features a single semi-elliptical arch with a raised keystone. Below the round-topped parapet, there is a string course.
Local climate
Lancaster Canal Hodgson's Bridge (Number 129) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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