Lancaster Canal Bridge Number 34 Whinnyfield Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Bridge.
Lancaster Canal Bridge Number 34 Whinnyfield Bridge
- WRENN ID
- ancient-lead-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Lancaster Canal Bridge Number 34 Whinnyfield Bridge, Woodplumpton
- OS grid reference
- SD 490 351
- Coordinates
- 53.81054, -2.77456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whinnyfield Bridge, also known as Bridge Number 34, is an accommodation bridge over the Lancaster Canal, built in the 1790s by engineer John Rennie. The bridge is constructed from large squared rock-faced sandstone blocks and features an elliptical arch with rock-faced voussoirs and slim keystones. It has decorative bands and parapets with rounded coping, along with curved pilastered ends and a humped deck.
Local climate
Lancaster Canal Bridge Number 34 Whinnyfield Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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