Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Canal Lock Adjacent to Junction with Trent and Mersey Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Canal lock.

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Canal Lock Adjacent to Junction with Trent and Mersey Canal

WRENN ID
hidden-cornice-winter
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
OS grid reference
SJ 705 657
Coordinates
53.18761, -2.44195
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal features a canal lock built in 1829. The structure is constructed with walls made of brick and stone. It has a single upper gate and double lower gates, both made of timber.

Local climate

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Canal Lock Adjacent to Junction with Trent and Mersey Canal 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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