Trent and Mersey Canal King's Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Canal lock. 7 related planning applications.

Trent and Mersey Canal King's Lock

WRENN ID
crooked-wattle-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1986
Type
Canal lock
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal King's Lock, Booth Lane, Middlewich
OS grid reference
SJ 706 656
Coordinates
53.1869, -2.44051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

King's Lock is a canal lock located on the Trent and Mersey Canal, built in 1777. The structure features walls made of stone and brick, with a single upper gate and double lower gates crafted from timber. Additionally, there is a wooden footbridge supported by arched cast iron.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal King's Lock receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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