Coalport Inclined Plane the Hay Inclined Plane is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Inclined plane. 1 related planning application.

Coalport Inclined Plane the Hay Inclined Plane

WRENN ID
knotted-outpost-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1983
Type
Inclined plane
Address
Coalport Inclined Plane the Hay Inclined Plane, Coalport High Street, the Gorge, TF8 7HP
OS grid reference
SJ 694 026
Coordinates
52.62071, -2.45281
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Coalport Inclined Plane, also known as The Hay Inclined Plane, was built in 1793 by William Reynolds. This structure connected the Shropshire Canal with a lower canal that ran through the China Works at Coalport to the River Severn. It features an incline that rises approximately 200 feet from the lower canal up the hillside to the disused upper canal. This inclined plane is the best preserved of the seven inclined planes in Shropshire and was last used in 1894. It underwent restoration in 1968 and 1975, with the rails being restored as well. At the upper end, there are remnants of a slipway and the brick shell of a building, possibly an engine house, which includes a chimney stack.

Local climate

Coalport Inclined Plane the Hay Inclined Plane receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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