Hunt's Locks is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Lock. 1 related planning application.

Hunt's Locks

WRENN ID
stark-iron-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Lock
Address
Hunt's Locks, the Weaver Navigation, Northwich, CW9 8AG
OS grid reference
SJ 655 729
Coordinates
53.25226, -2.51751
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hunt's Locks consist of a pair of locks on the Weaver Navigation, built around 1860 and 1890. The locks are constructed of stone with timber lock gates set within steel frames. The smaller, eastern lock has partially rusticated side walls. The larger, western lock is divided into two chambers by three pairs of gates. Curved stone wing walls extend upstream. The locks are complemented by a pair of steel semaphore signals at each end and include Pelton turbines and cast iron bollards. The site represents a complete and well-preserved example of locks designed to handle seagoing ships.

Local climate

Hunt's Locks sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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