Oxford Canal Road Bridge (242) is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Bridge.
Oxford Canal Road Bridge (242)
- WRENN ID
- nether-buttress-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SP 504 073
- Coordinates
- 51.76225, -1.27087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Oxford Canal Road Bridge, built around 1790, is a Grade II listed single arch bridge. It is constructed of red brick with blue brick dressings. This bridge was designed by the engineer James Brindley.
Local climate
Oxford Canal Road Bridge (242) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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