High Leigh Sunken Well and Donkey Track is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Well, track.

High Leigh Sunken Well and Donkey Track

WRENN ID
buried-dormer-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broxbourne
Constituency
Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1983
Type
Well, track
Address
High Leigh Sunken Well and Donkey Track, Lord Street
OS grid reference
TL 362 086
Coordinates
51.76016, -0.02727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Leigh Sunken Well and Donkey Track is a mid-19th century structure located in Hoddesdon. It features a sunken circular pen designed for a donkey to draw water from a well, which is accessed via a serpentine grotto passage. The pen measures approximately 6 metres in diameter and 2 metres deep, with a low circular timber roof supported by later red brick. There is a tunnel on the west side, and the grotto entrance on the south side has walls and an arch made of imitation rock constructed from yellow stock brick and cement. A covered well is situated near the center of the pen.

Local climate

High Leigh Sunken Well and Donkey Track sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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