Ashton Canal Lock Number 15 Approximately 100 Metres West of Edge Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Canal lock. 2 related planning applications.

Ashton Canal Lock Number 15 Approximately 100 Metres West of Edge Lane

WRENN ID
vacant-remnant-frost
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 890 980
Coordinates
53.47887, -2.16675
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashton Canal Lock Number 15 is a canal lock built between 1792 and 1799 for the Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne Canal Company. It has been renovated and is constructed from large blocks of millstone grit. This narrow lock features a chamber that is 7 feet wide and includes an overflow channel on the north side. Stone staircases flank the lower entry, and there are double gates at the lower end and a single gate at the upper end. It is the thirteenth lock in a series of 13 similar locks, all of which are still in working order.

Local climate

Ashton Canal Lock Number 15 Approximately 100 Metres West of Edge Lane 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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