Marple Locks Number 11 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Canal lock and footbridge. 1 related planning application.

Marple Locks Number 11 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal

WRENN ID
other-cloister-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Canal lock and footbridge
OS grid reference
SJ 961 888
Coordinates
53.39682, -2.05884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a canal lock and associated footbridge, dating from 1803 to 1805. The lock was engineered by Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown, financed by Samuel Oldknow and Richard Arkwright, and constructed by James and Fox. It is built of dressed stone and ashlar. The lock features a single upper gate and a double lower gate, with a footbridge located at the lower end. The pound level is 4 metres, designed to accommodate the steepness of the canal's slope. The lock walls are constructed from large coursed stone blocks with rounded verges. The gates have been restored and are fully functional. The footbridge has a segmental arch with a rusticated keystone, an ashlar band, and parapet walls with rounded copings. One end terminates in a battered square pier with small abutting steps and the other sweeps down to meet the pound level.

Local climate

Marple Locks Number 11 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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