Dry Docks Behind Worsley Green is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1974. Dry docks.
Dry Docks Behind Worsley Green
- WRENN ID
- blind-pilaster-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles MP: Michael Wheeler (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 1974
- Type
- Dry docks
- Address
- Dry Docks Behind Worsley Green, the Green, M28 2PA
- OS grid reference
- SD 749 002
- Coordinates
- 53.49852, -2.37842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dry docks behind Worsley Green, built around 1761, are significant structures designed by engineers John Gilbert and James Brindley for the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. These two dry docks feature hammer-dressed stone retaining walls, wooden sluice gates, and timber and iron sheds. The walls have been raised with concrete and include steps. The sheds have bow-string roof trusses supported by iron posts and are open on the sides. These docks were constructed for barge-building and repair and are possibly the earliest remaining example of dry docks associated with canals. A third dock that was originally part of the site has since been filled in.
Local climate
Dry Docks Behind Worsley Green sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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