REA AQUEDUCT AT NGR SO6511970303

The Rea Aqueduct, built between 1792 and 1793 by Thomas Dadford, is a Grade II listed structure located at NGR SO6511970303. This aqueduct, made of brick with ashlar dressings, is a disused canal aqueduct that now serves as a footpath bridge over the River Rea. It features a single brick segmental arch with a span of 13.7 meters, which once carried a brick-lined trough for the canal. The arch has three and a half brick facing rings, an ashlar keystone with a hood, and an ashlar springing course. The brick abutments are accented with ashlar quoins, and there are brick parapets. It is reputed to have the largest brick span of its time and, along with the Teme Aqueduct at Richards Castle, represents the last significant remnant of the Kington and Leominster Canal in Shropshire.