Lock No 65, Trent and Mersey Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. Canal lock. 2 related planning applications.

Lock No 65, Trent and Mersey Canal

WRENN ID
low-fireplace-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1986
Type
Canal lock
Address
Lock No 65, Trent and Mersey Canal, Sandbach, CW11 4RB
OS grid reference
SJ 756 592
Coordinates
53.12972, -2.36599
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lock No. 65 on the Trent and Mersey Canal is a pair of parallel locks. The south lock was built around 1775 by James Brindley, while the north lock was added in 1830, with consultant Thomas Telford involved in its design. The locks are constructed from blue and red bricks with stone dressing and feature wooden gates. Both locks have raking abutments on their west ends and are complemented by charming cantilever bridges with arched supports, circular struts, and central gaps for tow rope passage, located in front of the lower (west) gates. The southwest gates were replaced with timber in 1986, and the northwest gates were also replaced in timber in 1980. It is believed that both upper single gates (east) were replaced in timber in 1980, although only the northeast gate is dated. There has been some replacement of the stone lock edging with concrete.

Local climate

Lock No 65, Trent and Mersey Canal receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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