Leeds and Liverpool Canal Eastern Lock of Pair on Northern Bypass Channel, Appley Locks is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Eastern Lock of Pair on Northern Bypass Channel, Appley Locks

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Canal lock
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Eastern Lock of Pair on Northern Bypass Channel, Appley Locks, Wrightington
OS grid reference
SD 517 096
Coordinates
53.58098, -2.73064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The eastern lock of a pair on the northern bypass channel of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, known as Appley Locks, is likely from the early 19th century. The lock chamber is lined with sandstone ashlar and features double gates. A footbridge spans the western end of the lock, and there is a spillway on the northern side, also lined with sandstone.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Eastern Lock of Pair on Northern Bypass Channel, Appley Locks sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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