Frodsham Weir with Sluice Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. Weir.

Frodsham Weir with Sluice Gates

WRENN ID
vacant-solder-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
Country
England
Type
Weir
OS grid reference
SJ 537 786
Coordinates
53.30288, -2.69478
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Frodsham Weir, built in 1785 and altered since, is a significant structure located on the Weaver Navigation. It is constructed of coursed stone and measures approximately 45 metres in width with a curved design. At the south end of the weir, there are two sluices, each about 5 metres wide, featuring stone piers with semicircular cutwaters and a stone abutment. A wooden gangway supported by I-beams and plain square columns, likely made of cast iron with diagonal braces, crosses over the weir and the sluiceways. The weir serves as the outfall from the Weaver Navigation to the River Weaver, with a fall of approximately 1 metre.

Local climate

Frodsham Weir with Sluice Gates receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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