Weaver Navigation Saltersford Locks is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1986. River navigation locks. 2 related planning applications.

Weaver Navigation Saltersford Locks

WRENN ID
inner-corbel-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1986
Type
River navigation locks
Address
Weaver Navigation Saltersford Locks, Barnton
OS grid reference
SJ 626 751
Coordinates
53.27181, -2.56222
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Saltersford Locks are river navigation locks built in 1874 for the Weaver Navigation Company. They are constructed of red sandstone and limestone ashlar in bands, featuring wooden gates and cast-iron fittings. The locks are large and narrow, arranged in parallel, each with a pair of wooden gates. The gates are operated by Stoney's patent Pelton Turbines, which include circular cover plates with dated segmental hatches bearing the founder's name, HANNA, DONALD & WILLS, PAISLEY. The operation is facilitated by handles on bollards topped with balls. At both ends of the locks, there are pairs of semaphore signals to manage waterway traffic. These locks are similar to those at Dutton Locks, Acton Bridge, and were constructed to replace an earlier lock on the original Barnton Cut, which was excavated between 1832 and 1835.

Local climate

Weaver Navigation Saltersford Locks receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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