Roving Bridge Over Birmingham/Wolverhampton Canal Just West of West Soho Loop Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Bridge.
Roving Bridge Over Birmingham/Wolverhampton Canal Just West of West Soho Loop Entrance
- WRENN ID
- old-spindle-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Roving Bridge Over Birmingham/Wolverhampton Canal Just West of West Soho Loop Entrance, Heath Street B18
- OS grid reference
- SP 039 881
- Coordinates
- 52.49157, -1.94295
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roving Bridge over the Birmingham/Wolverhampton Canal, located just west of the west Soho Loop entrance in Winson Green, is a cast iron bridge that dates back to 1848. It serves the double tow path of Telford's New Line and features a single shallow segmental arch. The bridge's parapets are designed in a saltire cross pattern and are made from three cast iron castings. The abutments are constructed from stone-dressed brick. The bridge is inscribed with the words “THE HORSELEY COMPANY TIPTON 1848.”
Local climate
Roving Bridge Over Birmingham/Wolverhampton Canal Just West of West Soho Loop Entrance receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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