Macclesfield Canal Pool Lock Aqueduct and Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Aqueduct, footbridge.

Macclesfield Canal Pool Lock Aqueduct and Footbridge

WRENN ID
high-entrance-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1988
Type
Aqueduct, footbridge
Address
Macclesfield Canal Pool Lock Aqueduct and Footbridge, Kidsgrove
OS grid reference
SJ 830 549
Coordinates
53.09118, -2.25528
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pool Lock Aqueduct and footbridge, built in 1828, is located on the Macclesfield Canal in Kidsgrove. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, featuring a stone parapet string and a stone-coped parapet. The structure includes a low segmental arch that spans the Trent and Mersey Canal, surrounded by rusticated ashlar. The abutments of the aqueduct sweep forward and are finished with wide pilaster buttresses topped with squat pyramidal caps. Above the arch, there is a stone panel inscribed with "POOL LOCK / AQUEDUCT / MDCCCXXVIII". On top of the aqueduct, there is a footbridge that crosses the Macclesfield Canal, supported by red and blue brick abutments and a cast iron bridge with a balustrade. The Macclesfield Canal was opened in 1831, engineered by William Crosley.

Local climate

Macclesfield Canal Pool Lock Aqueduct and Footbridge receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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