Ashton Canal Lock Number 2 Off South End of Vesta 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.

Ashton Canal Lock Number 2 Off South End of Vesta Street

WRENN ID
third-pilaster-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Canal lock
Address
Ashton Canal Lock Number 2 Off South End of Vesta Street, M4 6EQ
OS grid reference
SJ 853 982
Coordinates
53.48067, -2.22153
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a canal lock, built circa 1792-1799 as part of the Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne Canal. It is constructed of large blocks of millstone grit, with wooden gates. The lock is a narrow type, with a chamber 7 feet wide, and features a covered overflow channel on its south side. Stone staircases are located at the lower entry point on the west end. It is the second in a sequence of thirteen similar locks, all of which remain functional. The lock forms a group with a former lock-keeper’s cottage and a bridge over the Islington Branch canal.

Local climate

Ashton Canal Lock Number 2 Off South End of Vesta 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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