Leeds and Liverpool Canal Blakey Bridge Number 144 is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Bridge.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Blakey Bridge Number 144

WRENN ID
eastward-paling-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Bridge
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Blakey Bridge Number 144, Colne
OS grid reference
SD 871 409
Coordinates
53.86441, -2.197
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blakey Bridge Number 144 is a public road bridge built in 1794, designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. The bridge is constructed from furrowed dressed stone blocks 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 Blakey Bridge Number 144 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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