The Towns Well is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. Well. 1 related planning application.

The Towns Well

WRENN ID
idle-kitchen-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 May 1950
Type
Well
Address
The Towns Well, Wellgate, Clitheroe
OS grid reference
SD 745 418
Coordinates
53.87233, -2.38894
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Towns Well is a square, flagged, and walled pool located on the north-east side of Wellgate. It features three steps leading down into the water. This well, along with the wells in Parsons Lane and Well Terrace, served as the only water supply for the town until 1852. The Towns Well, the Dog and Partridge Public House, and Nos 3, 5 to 9 (odd) form a group, with No 5 being a building of local interest only.

Local climate

The Towns Well sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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