Wyrley and Essington Canal Footbridge at Pelsall Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. Footbridge.
Wyrley and Essington Canal Footbridge at Pelsall Junction
- WRENN ID
- broken-rubblework-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills MP: Wendy Morton (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- SK 019 044
- Coordinates
- 52.6377, -1.97224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wyrley and Essington Canal Footbridge at Pelsall Junction is a towpath bridge, likely built in the early to mid-19th century. It spans the Wyrley and Essington Canal, which opened in 1797, at its junction with the Cannock Extension Canal, opened in 1863. The bridge is made of cast iron and features brick abutments with some sandstone dressings. It has a single segmental arch, and both side girders are cast in one piece, designed with a lattice-work pattern of saltire crosses. The girders are connected by iron plates to create the walkway.
Local climate
Wyrley and Essington Canal Footbridge at Pelsall Junction receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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