Lydiate Hill Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1986. Bridge.

Lydiate Hill Bridge

WRENN ID
carved-tower-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1986
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SD 369 047
Coordinates
53.53541, -2.95302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lydiate Hill Bridge is an accommodation bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, built around 1770. It is constructed of stone and features an elliptical arch with a flat band above it, along with a parapet. The retaining walls are designed to sweep forward and return. The bridge is located approximately 340 meters east of Southport Road.

Local climate

Lydiate Hill Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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