Head Nook Bridge (Number 43) is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Bridge.
Head Nook Bridge (Number 43)
- WRENN ID
- north-lead-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Head Nook Bridge (Number 43), Myerscough and Bilsborrow
- OS grid reference
- SD 503 390
- Coordinates
- 53.84522, -2.7561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Head Nook Bridge, built in 1797, is a bridge over the Lancaster Canal designed by engineer John Rennie. It is constructed from squared sandstone blocks and features a single elliptical arch with a stepped keystone. Below the solid parapet, which has a rounded top, there is a decorative band.
Local climate
Head Nook Bridge (Number 43) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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