Marple Locks Number 13 on Peak Forest Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Lock.

Marple Locks Number 13 on Peak Forest Canal

WRENN ID
fossil-merlon-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Lock
OS grid reference
SJ 960 886
Coordinates
53.39475, -2.06015
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Marple Locks Number 13 on the Peak Forest Canal is a lock built between 1803 and 1805. It was designed by engineers Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown, financed by S. Oldknow and R. Arkwright, and constructed by James and Fox. The lock is made of dressed stone and features a single upper gate and a double lower gate. It has a 4-meter pound to pound level to accommodate the steepness of the slope. The walls are constructed from large coursed stone blocks with a rounded verge, and the mouth of the lock is grooved for stop planks. The gates have been overhauled and are fully functional.

Local climate

Marple Locks Number 13 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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