Peak Forest Canal Horse Tunnel, Buxworth Arm is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1995. Tunnel. 2 related planning applications.

Peak Forest Canal Horse Tunnel, Buxworth Arm

WRENN ID
over-cornice-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1995
Type
Tunnel
Address
Peak Forest Canal Horse Tunnel, Buxworth Arm, Whaley Bridge, SK23 7LS
OS grid reference
SK 013 822
Coordinates
53.3373, -1.9806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Peak Forest Canal Horse Tunnel on the Buxworth Arm is an aqueduct and horse tunnel that carries the canal to Buxworth Basin, previously known as Bugsworth. It was likely constructed between 1794 and 1801, with some later alterations. The engineers responsible for its design were Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown. The structure is made of dressed stone and features a segmental arch with rock-faced voussoirs. The north elevation has concave retaining walls with parapets made of snecked masonry, while the south elevation has been lost. The north side also includes rock-faced bands and rounded coping, along with rock-faced, squared terminating piers. Notably, the cobbled towpath remains intact.

Local climate

Peak Forest Canal Horse Tunnel, Buxworth Arm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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