Wyre Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Aqueduct.
Wyre Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- tired-mortar-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Wyre Aqueduct, Garstang
- OS grid reference
- SD 490 447
- Coordinates
- 53.89684, -2.77696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wyre Aqueduct is a structure that carries the Lancaster Canal over the River Wyre. It was opened in 1797 and designed by engineer John Rennie. The aqueduct is constructed from sandstone blocks, arranged in bands that alternate between rock-faced and furrowed textures. The abutments are concave in shape and battered. It features a single elliptical arch, with a band surrounding the voussoirs. Below the solid parapet, there is an entablature that includes a dentilled cornice. Above the arch, the frieze is interrupted by a blank panel that has a moulded border. Part of this aqueduct is located in Garstang.
Local climate
Wyre Aqueduct sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings