Haddons Lift Bridge (173) at Sp 476 385 Oxford Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1992. Bridge.

Haddons Lift Bridge (173) at Sp 476 385 Oxford Canal

WRENN ID
tired-keystone-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1992
Type
Bridge
Address
Haddons Lift Bridge (173) at Sp 476 385 Oxford Canal, Banbury
OS grid reference
SP 476 385
Coordinates
52.04353, -1.30642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Haddons Lift Bridge, located on the Oxford Canal, is an accommodation lift bridge with origins dating back to the late 18th century, though it has undergone later alterations. The bridge features a tilting wooden plank deck, wooden handrails, and two balance beams that are set at a raking angle. It is supported by brick abutments with concrete sills, and has brick wing walls with trailing edges and stone rubbing blocks on the faces facing the canal. This bridge is part of an important series of lift bridges on the Oxford Canal, which are now considered rare in England.

Local climate

Haddons Lift Bridge (173) at Sp 476 385 Oxford Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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