West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1978. Canal tunnel portal. 2 related planning applications.

West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel

WRENN ID
white-step-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 August 1978
Type
Canal tunnel portal
Address
West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel, Well Heads Lane, LA7 7ND
OS grid reference
SD 509 850
Coordinates
54.25907, -2.75487
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel is a canal tunnel portal completed on Christmas Day in 1817, designed by engineer Thomas Fletcher. It is constructed from tooled, dressed limestone and features a limestone string course, coping, and a rounded fender course. The portal has a horseshoe arch made of rusticated voussoirs and a keystone, which is flanked by tapering pilasters. Above the arch, there is a blank panel that was likely intended for an inscription. The canal is currently dry.

Local climate

West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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