Lock 23 on Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1988. Canal lock.

Lock 23 on Leeds and Liverpool Canal

WRENN ID
winding-corner-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1988
Type
Canal lock
Address
Lock 23 on Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Swan Meadow Road
OS grid reference
SD 578 050
Coordinates
53.54032, -2.63706
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lock 23 on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal lock built in 1816 by John Rennie and has since been restored. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone blocks, although the coping has been replaced with concrete. The lower end features wooden gates, while the upper end has steel gates. On the south side of the lower end, there is an inscription that reads "L No.XXIII," along with an oval metal plate marked "87." A modern metal footbridge spans the lower end, likely replacing an earlier wooden footbridge.

Local climate

Lock 23 on Leeds and Liverpool 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 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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