Leeds and Liverpool Canal Swinden Bridge Number 142 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 Swinden Bridge Number 142

WRENN ID
stranded-cobalt-curlew
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 Swinden Bridge Number 142, Nelson
OS grid reference
SD 865 391
Coordinates
53.8486, -2.20619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swinden Bridge Number 142 is a roving bridge built in 1795, designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a single elliptical arch made of rusticated voussoirs. The bridge has a plain parapet that was raised slightly at a later date. Its curved abutments end in piers, and a handrail extends down to the ground beyond the pier at the south-east corner, where the towing path descends to pass under the arch.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Swinden Bridge Number 142 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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