Oxford Canal Bridge Number 237 is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Bridge.
Oxford Canal Bridge Number 237
- WRENN ID
- long-zinc-mist
- 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 499 090
- Coordinates
- 51.77773, -1.27669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oxford Canal Bridge Number 237 was designed by James Brindley and built around 1790. It features a counterweighted wooden drawbridge and has red brick retaining walls on either side of the canal.
Local climate
Oxford Canal Bridge Number 237 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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