Parsons Bridge Over Leeds-Liverpool Canal is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1989. Footbridge.
Parsons Bridge Over Leeds-Liverpool Canal
- WRENN ID
- blind-slate-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1989
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Parsons Bridge Over Leeds-Liverpool Canal, Kirkgate, Kildwick
- OS grid reference
- SE 011 459
- Coordinates
- 53.9096, -1.98449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Parsons Bridge is a footbridge built around 1774, located over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in Kildwick. It is constructed from gritstone rubble with ashlar coping. The bridge features a single arch of basket form that spans both the canal and the south towpath. The flanking walls end in pilasters and are angled to create a wider approach to the bridge. The voussoirs are painted white, with an indicator marking the center of the canal. Additionally, there is a cast-iron plaque displaying the number "186" on each face. This bridge was significant as it connected the church with the vicarage and Kildwick Hall, serving as an important footway linking these parts of the settlement.
Local climate
Parsons Bridge Over Leeds-Liverpool Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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