Hempole Lane Bridge, Eagles Lane Walsall Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Hempole Lane Bridge, Eagles Lane Walsall Canal
- WRENN ID
- stranded-ember-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury MP: Antonia Bance (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SO 977 929
- Coordinates
- 52.53434, -2.03446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hempole Lane Bridge is a public road bridge over the Walsall Canal, built in 1825. It is constructed of brick with sandstone coping and features a single elliptical arch. The walls are curved in plan. Part of the northern parapet has been repaired with modern brick. On both sides of the bridge, there is a cast iron plate inscribed with "MDCCCXXV".
Local climate
Hempole Lane Bridge, Eagles Lane Walsall Canal 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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