Shropshire Union Canal (Edstaston Branch) Boodles Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Canal bridge.

Shropshire Union Canal (Edstaston Branch) Boodles Bridge

WRENN ID
little-loggia-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Shropshire Union Canal (Edstaston Branch) Boodles Bridge, Whixall
OS grid reference
SJ 497 337
Coordinates
52.89863, -2.74832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Boodles Bridge is a canal bridge located on the Edstaston Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, built around 1800 to 1806. It is part of the Prees branch designed by engineers William Jessop and Thomas Telford for the Ellesmere Canal. The bridge is constructed of red brick with some minor patches of engineering brick and features a coped stone parapet. It has a single elliptical arch that includes keybricks, a string course, a parapet, and corner piers. The Prees Branch was initially planned to extend to Prees Higher Heath but was only completed as far as Quina Brook near Edstaston by 1806, where it was decided to terminate the project. The Ellesmere Canal Company merged with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.

Local climate

Shropshire Union Canal (Edstaston Branch) Boodles Bridge receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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