Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Lathom) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Burscough) is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Bridge.

Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Lathom) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Burscough)

WRENN ID
riven-storey-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1993
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SD 451 114
Coordinates
53.59692, -2.83092
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Junction Bridge at Top Locks, located on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was built in 1816 and carries the towpath over the junction with the Rufford Branch Canal, also known as the "New Cut". This bridge, likely replacing an earlier swing bridge, was constructed for the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Company under the supervision of resident engineer Richard Owen. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a high semi-elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and a carved keystone. The keystone is flanked by sunk panels displaying the raised digits "18" and "16". The bridge has a broad band and a parapet made of massive dressed blocks with rounded coping, along with rusticated pilasters and oval number plates marked "1" on both sides. This bridge is a prominent visual feature among the canal structures at Top Locks and is situated on the boundary between Burscough and Lathom.

Local climate

Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Lathom) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Burscough) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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