Harkers Bridge (Number 23) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Harkers Bridge (Number 23) is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Bridge.

Harkers Bridge (Number 23) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Harkers Bridge (Number 23)

WRENN ID
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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
Harkers Bridge (Number 23) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Harkers Bridge (Number 23), Halsall
OS grid reference
SD 367 087
Coordinates
53.57111, -2.95649
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Harker's Bridge (Number 23) is a public road bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which was opened in 1774. It is constructed of squared sandstone blocks and features a single elliptical arch. There is a band below the solid parapet, which has coping.

Local climate

Harkers Bridge (Number 23) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Harkers Bridge (Number 23) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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