Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Farleton Beck is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Aqueduct.

Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Farleton Beck

WRENN ID
second-steel-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Farleton Beck, Beetham
OS grid reference
SD 538 816
Coordinates
54.22871, -2.70931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The aqueduct, built around 1816, carries the Kendal/Lancaster Canal over Farleton Beck. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone, featuring limestone copings and a string course. The structure has a shallow elliptical arch made of rusticated voussoirs, with curved retaining walls on either side. It is also listed under Preston Patrick.

Local climate

Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Farleton Beck sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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