Southern lock at Appley Locks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Canal lock. 2 related planning applications.

Southern lock at Appley Locks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal

WRENN ID
cold-zinc-elder
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
Southern lock at Appley Locks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Wrightington
OS grid reference
SD 518 095
Coordinates
53.58033, -2.72881
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The southern lock at Appley Locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal lock that was probably built in 1774 when this section of the canal was opened, following the line of Leigh's Cut on the Douglas Navigation. The chamber of the lock is lined with sandstone ashlar, and there is a footbridge across the western end.

Local climate

Southern lock at Appley Locks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal 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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