Footbridge Over New Main Line at Bromford Junction, 20 Metres South of Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Footbridge.
Footbridge Over New Main Line at Bromford Junction, 20 Metres South of Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
- WRENN ID
- tired-rubble-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- SO 998 898
- Coordinates
- 52.50686, -2.00422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footbridge over the New Main Line at Bromford Junction, located 20 meters south of the Bottom Lock at Spon Lane Locks on the Birmingham Canal, was built in 1848. It features a cast-iron structure supported by brick abutments and has a single segmental arch. The lattice sides are bolted together in three sections, with the central section inscribed: "THE HORSELEY COMPANY TIPTON 1848".
Local climate
Footbridge Over New Main Line at Bromford Junction, 20 Metres South of Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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