Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct Over Wanless Beck is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Aqueduct.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct Over Wanless Beck

WRENN ID
forbidden-gravel-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct Over Wanless Beck, Salterforth
OS grid reference
SD 888 447
Coordinates
53.89912, -2.17189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct over Wanless Beck was built in 1794 and designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. This aqueduct is constructed of dressed stone and features a single low round arch. The sharply curved abutments are reinforced by piers and extend to the ground on both sides, which are finished with raked copings. The parapet remains on the east side, although it may have been added later.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct Over Wanless Beck sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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