Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct at Priest Holme is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1989. Aqueduct.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct at Priest Holme

WRENN ID
empty-outpost-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
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 Priest Holme, Gargrave
OS grid reference
SD 917 537
Coordinates
53.98011, -2.12676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The aqueduct at Priest Holme, built around 1790, carries the Leeds and Liverpool Canal over the River Aire. It was designed by engineer Robert Whitworth and is constructed of dressed stone. The structure features three semicircular arches with raised vousoirs, and the spandrels are in a flat plane. The solid parapet is curved in plan and is crossed by a band, with piers located at the abutments.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct at Priest Holme 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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