Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lock Number 51 is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lock Number 51

WRENN ID
forgotten-span-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Canal lock
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lock Number 51, Barrowford
OS grid reference
SD 867 395
Coordinates
53.85224, -2.2023
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lock number 51 on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was built in 1794 and designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. It is constructed from punched dressed stone. The retaining walls are rebated to accommodate two pairs of gates, which are now made of steel. The walls curve slightly outward at the upper end and follow quadrants as they slope down at the lower end.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lock Number 51 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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