Baldwin's Lock and Bridge (That Part in Burscough) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Baldwin's Lock and Bridge (That Part in Lathom) is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Canal lock and bridge. 3 related planning applications.

Baldwin's Lock and Bridge (That Part in Burscough) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Baldwin's Lock and Bridge (That Part in Lathom)

WRENN ID
moated-oriel-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1993
Type
Canal lock and bridge
OS grid reference
SD 458 133
Coordinates
53.61427, -2.81996
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Baldwin's Lock and Bridge, located on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, is a canal lock and associated accommodation bridge on the Rufford Branch, built around 1781 and later altered. The resident engineer for the project was Richard Owen, working for the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Company. The structure features large dressed sandstone blocks, with wooden gates at the north end and iron gates at the south end, which were installed in 1974. Small cast-iron mooring bollards are present on both sides, and there is an overflow channel on the west side. The bridge over the north entrance has stone ramps with parapets made of massive punch-dressed blocks, an oval number plate marked "4", and a flat wooden deck with side rails. This site is situated on the boundary between Burscough and Lathom.

Local climate

Baldwin's Lock and Bridge (That Part in Burscough) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Baldwin's Lock and Bridge (That Part in Lathom) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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