Two Wide and Two Narrow Locks Between Upper and Lower Canal Dock Basins is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1971. Lock system. 6 related planning applications.
Two Wide and Two Narrow Locks Between Upper and Lower Canal Dock Basins
- WRENN ID
- solemn-moulding-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough MP: Justin Madders (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1971
- Type
- Lock system
- Address
- Two Wide and Two Narrow Locks Between Upper and Lower Canal Dock Basins, Docks Basin, CH65 4FW
- OS grid reference
- SJ 405 772
- Coordinates
- 53.28856, -2.89282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of two wide and two narrow locks located between the upper and lower canal dock basins in Ellesmere Port and Neston. Built around 1801, the wide locks were designed to accommodate 'Mersey Flats' traveling from the estuary to the upper basin. Each of the two wide locks measures approximately 72 feet by 14 feet 6 inches and features pairs of mitre gates at both ends of the chamber. There is a wide point between the locks adjacent to a toll house for gauging boats, along with retaining walls.
The narrow locks, constructed around 1880, were created for narrowboats in response to increased traffic following the completion of the Birmingham-Liverpool junction canal. These two narrow locks are separated by an intermediate pound that includes an inter-connecting mechanism with the pound between the wide locks, along with retaining walls.
Local climate
Two Wide and Two Narrow Locks Between Upper and Lower Canal Dock Basins receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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