Newry Canal, Newry, Co Down is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Newry Canal, Newry, Co Down
- WRENN ID
- crooked-lancet-spindle
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Newry and Armagh MP: Dáire Hughes (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Newry Canal, Newry, Co Down, Drumalane
- Irish grid reference
- J 086 252
- Coordinates
- 54.16435, -6.33762
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This section of the Newry Canal is an integral part of the waterway, notable as the first summit level canal in Britain and Ireland. Constructed between 1842 and 1850 under the direction of Sir John Rennie, it provided a critical economic link for Newry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The canal represents an extension of an earlier canal built in the 1740s, initially extended in 1765 to connect Newry with Lough Neagh. Originally, the canal joined the Newry River at Lower Fathom, but silting issues in the tidal channel led to a 2.5-kilometer extension to Victoria Locks in Upper Fathom to accommodate larger vessels. This stretch of the canal features a wide, open water channel embanked on its eastern side. It is now used primarily for recreational purposes. The canal is of industrial archaeological interest. Further details can be found in publications by J. Rennie (1851) and W.A. McCutcheon (1980), as well as archival records at PRONI VAL 12E/125/1/22. A related listing is HB16/30/029 (Albert Basin).
Local climate
Newry Canal, Newry, Co Down receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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