Shropshire Union Canal Starks Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1993. A N/A Canal bridge.

Shropshire Union Canal Starks Bridge

WRENN ID
riven-dormer-magpie
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1993
Type
Canal bridge
Period
N/A
Address
Shropshire Union Canal Starks Bridge, Whixall
OS grid reference
SJ 491 346
Coordinates
52.90642, -2.75708
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Starks Bridge is a canal lift bridge located on the Shropshire Union Canal in Whixall. It was likely built between 1800 and 1806 by the engineers William Jessop and Thomas Telford, who also designed the Llangollen Canal. This wooden bascule bridge operates using a counterweight and chain system. The Prees branch of the canal was initially planned to extend to Prees Higher Heath, but by 1806, it only reached Quina Brook near Edstaston, where the construction was halted. In 1813, the Ellesmere Canal Company merged with the Chester Canal Company, and in 1846, it became part of the Shropshire Union Canal.

Local climate

Shropshire Union Canal Starks Bridge receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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