Second Lock Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Bridge.

Second Lock Bridge

WRENN ID
winter-flint-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1985
Type
Bridge
Address
Second Lock Bridge, Ellel
OS grid reference
SD 476 543
Coordinates
53.98226, -2.7991
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Second Lock Bridge is an accommodation bridge over the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal, built between 1823 and 1825. It is constructed from large sandstone blocks and features a single elliptical arch with a keystone. The solid parapet includes a band, weathered coping, and end piers.

Local climate

Second Lock Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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