Calder and Hebble Navigation Bridge Taking Birkhouse Lane Huddersfield Narrow Canal Bridge Taking Birkhouse Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. A C19 Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Calder and Hebble Navigation Bridge Taking Birkhouse Lane Huddersfield Narrow Canal Bridge Taking Birkhouse Lane

WRENN ID
last-window-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SE 132 160
Coordinates
53.64063, -1.80084
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Calder and Hebble Navigation Bridge, which carries Birkhouse Lane over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, is a 19th-century structure. It is constructed of red brick with blue headers and dressings, using English bond. The bridge features a depressed arch, a band, and a parapet with blue brick coping.

Local climate

Calder and Hebble Navigation Bridge Taking Birkhouse Lane Huddersfield Narrow Canal Bridge Taking Birkhouse Lane 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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