Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bridge Number 40 is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Bridge.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bridge Number 40

WRENN ID
forbidden-brass-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Bridge
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bridge Number 40, Parbold
OS grid reference
SD 507 099
Coordinates
53.58413, -2.74556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Number 40 is an accommodation bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, likely built in the early 1770s. It is constructed of coursed sandstone and features a single elliptical arch. There is a band below the parapet with coping. The section of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Newburgh and Gathurst follows the line of Leigh's Cut, which was started by the Douglas Navigation around 1753. Work on the canal was ongoing in 1772, and it was opened for traffic between Gathurst and Liverpool in 1774.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bridge Number 40 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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