Rochdale Canal Lock Number 85, in Tunnel Between Piccadilly and Dale Street is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Canal lock. 3 related planning applications.

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 85, in Tunnel Between Piccadilly and Dale Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Canal lock
OS grid reference
SJ 846 980
Coordinates
53.47932, -2.23252
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 85 is a canal lock built between 1804 and 1805 for the Rochdale Canal Company. It has been restored and is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with wooden gates. The lock chamber is 14 feet wide and features pairs of gates at both ends, along with a ladder located in the center of the south side. This lock is the second in a series of nine locks that connect the former Rochdale Canal basin at Dale Street with the Bridgewater Canal basin at Castlefield, and all are in working order.

Local climate

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 85, in Tunnel Between Piccadilly and Dale Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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