Blue Anchor Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1986. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Blue Anchor Bridge
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-cobalt-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Liverpool Walton MP: Dan Carden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Blue Anchor Bridge, Melling Road, Aintree Village
- OS grid reference
- SJ 378 984
- Coordinates
- 53.47929, -2.9379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blue Anchor Bridge is a bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, dated 1831 as indicated on the keystone. It is constructed of stone and features an elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and end piers. The bridge has a raised band and a parapet with coping.
Local climate
Blue Anchor Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
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