Latitude: 52.2831 / 52°16'59"N
Longitude: -2.0943 / 2°5'39"W
OS Eastings: 393666
OS Northings: 265000
OS Grid: SO936650
Mapcode National: GBR 2GG.Z6S
Mapcode Global: VH929.NW64
Plus Code: 9C4V7WM4+67
Entry Name: Astwood Lane Bridge Number 40
Listing Date: 26 August 1975
Last Amended: 4 September 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1081202
English Heritage Legacy ID: 147825
ID on this website: 101081202
Location: Astwood, Wychavon, Worcestershire, B60
County: Worcestershire
District: Wychavon
Civil Parish: Hanbury
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Stoke Prior, Wychbold and Upton Warren
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
Tagged with: Building Road bridge
HANBURY CP WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM SO 96 NW SO 96 SW CANAL SO 93776500 1/149 (11/84) Astwood Lane Bridge No 40 3/149 [formerly listed as Wychbold (Hanbury Road) Bridge under DODDERHILL CP] 26.8.75 - II
Canal road bridge. Early C19 with mid-C19 alterations. Red brick with red and blue brick parapet and part sandstone, part blue brick coping. Elliptical arch and cambered sides; parapet has a 2-course band at its base, is built of alternating courses of blue headers and red stretchers, is splayed at each end and is terminated by square piers. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built for the Earl of Dudley between 1791 and 1815 to link the Birmingham Canal Navigations with the River Severn. It was intended, primarily, as a means of supplying coal from the Black Country to the West Midlands. The towpath runs beneath the east side of the bridge.
Listing NGR: SO9366665000
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