Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dowley Gap Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Aqueduct.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dowley Gap Aqueduct

WRENN ID
rough-kitchen-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Shipley MP: Anna Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1966
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dowley Gap Aqueduct, Shipley
OS grid reference
SE 122 382
Coordinates
53.84033, -1.81522
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dowley Gap Aqueduct is an aqueduct over the River Aire, built around 1773. It was planned by James Brindley and constructed by John Longbottom. The structure is made of hammer-dressed stone and features seven segmental arches that are irregularly placed along the aqueduct. There is a string course above the arches, and a parapet on the string course on the north side. A recent steel handrail has been added to the south side. The canal path on both sides of the aqueduct is concreted. The River Aire flows through the two most westerly arches.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dowley Gap Aqueduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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