Lancaster Canal Canal Bridge (Number 118) is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Bridge.

Lancaster Canal Canal Bridge (Number 118)

WRENN ID
first-pedestal-blackthorn
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 Canal Bridge (Number 118), Hest Bank Lane, Slyne-With-Hest, LA2 6DN
OS grid reference
SD 469 663
Coordinates
54.09053, -2.81216
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lancaster Canal Bridge (Number 118) is a bridge over the Lancaster Canal that was opened in 1797. It is constructed from large punched gritstone blocks and features a single semi-elliptical arch with a projecting keystone. Below the solid parapet, there is a string course, and the coping is rounded.

Local climate

Lancaster Canal Canal Bridge (Number 118) 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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