Calder and Hebble Navigation Armitage Bridge Huddersfield Narrow Canal Armitage Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Calder and Hebble Navigation Armitage Bridge Huddersfield Narrow Canal Armitage Bridge

WRENN ID
lost-mortar-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SE 120 158
Coordinates
53.63881, -1.8193
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Calder and Hebble Navigation Armitage Bridge, located on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, dates from 1793 to 1798. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a depressed arch. In 1861, the bridge was widened by adding a flat iron span on the east side, which includes an iron parapet that is panelled with a diamond pattern and has "1861" in relief. This bridge is notable as one of the few remaining examples from the early phase of the canal's construction, where some bridges were built too narrow to accommodate a towpath as a cost-saving measure. Instead of a towpath, there are steps leading down to the canal bank on the east side, along with a ramp that leads up to the road.

Local climate

Calder and Hebble Navigation Armitage Bridge Huddersfield Narrow Canal Armitage Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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