Sedgwick Hill Bridge Over Lancaster/Kendal Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Bridge.

Sedgwick Hill Bridge Over Lancaster/Kendal Canal

WRENN ID
watchful-frieze-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1984
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SD 510 866
Coordinates
54.27323, -2.75291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sedgwick Hill Bridge is a canal bridge built in 1818 by engineer John Fletcher, based on the original designs of John Rennie, whose route for the Lancaster/Kendal Canal was authorized in 1792. The bridge is constructed of squared, coursed limestone and features a limestone string and coping. It has a single elliptical arch made of rusticated voussoirs and a keystone. The flat parapets are approximately 10 feet wide between them. The east side of the bridge is built into an embankment, and the canal is currently dry.

Local climate

Sedgwick Hill Bridge Over Lancaster/Kendal Canal 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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