Leeds and Liverpool Canal Wanless Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Public road bridge.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Wanless Bridge

WRENN ID
far-span-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Public road bridge
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Wanless Bridge, Blacko
OS grid reference
SD 872 411
Coordinates
53.86671, -2.19558
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wanless Bridge is a public road bridge built in 1794, designed by engineer Robert Whitchurch. The bridge is constructed of dressed stone and features a single elliptical arch supported by rusticated voussoirs. It has a band and a coped parapet, with curved abutments that terminate in piers.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Wanless Bridge 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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