Footbridge Over Netherton Tunnel Branch at Windmill End Dudley Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Footbridge.
Footbridge Over Netherton Tunnel Branch at Windmill End Dudley Canal
- WRENN ID
- seventh-truss-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- SO 953 882
- Coordinates
- 52.49198, -2.07001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footbridge over the Netherton Tunnel branch at Windmill End Junction is a mid-19th century structure. It is made of cast iron with brick abutments that have sandstone dressings. The bridge features a single shallow segmental arch, and its sides are designed with a lattice pattern of saltire crosses. The inscription "TOLL END WORKS" is also present. The Netherton Tunnel was opened in 1858, the same year the Bumble Hole loop of the Dudley number 2 canal was straightened during the construction of the tunnel.
Local climate
Footbridge Over Netherton Tunnel Branch at Windmill End Dudley Canal receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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