Leigh Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Leigh Bridge

WRENN ID
mired-bailey-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Bridge
Address
Leigh Bridge, Athol Street
OS grid reference
SJ 343 924
Coordinates
53.42431, -2.98957
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Leigh Bridge is a canal bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, built in 1861 for the Liverpool Health Committee. It is constructed from stone and cast iron. The bridge features an iron segmental arch with latticed spandrels set between rusticated stone abutments. The balustrade is adorned with interlaced arcading and includes plaques that commemorate its construction.

Local climate

Leigh Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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