Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct at Holme Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1989. Aqueduct.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct at Holme Bridge
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-basalt-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1989
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct at Holme Bridge, Gargrave, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 942 545
- Coordinates
- 53.98702, -2.08888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The aqueduct at Holme Bridge carries the Leeds and Liverpool Canal over Eshton Beck and was built around 1790, designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. It is constructed from dressed stone and features five low segmental arches, with their faces and spandrels aligned. Above the arches, there is a tall, slightly curved parapet that is set back in the center.
Local climate
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct at Holme Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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