Canal Bridge (Number 45) is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Bridge.

Canal Bridge (Number 45)

WRENN ID
half-flagstone-plover
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
Canal Bridge (Number 45), Myerscough and Bilsborrow
OS grid reference
SD 510 400
Coordinates
53.85462, -2.74591
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Canal Bridge (Number 45) is a bridge over the Lancaster Canal, opened in 1797 and 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

Canal Bridge (Number 45) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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