Canning Dock Retaining Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Dock retaining wall. 2 related planning applications.

Canning Dock Retaining Wall

WRENN ID
lunar-flagstone-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Dock retaining wall
OS grid reference
SJ 342 899
Coordinates
53.40249, -2.99069
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Canning Dock retaining wall is a dock retaining wall located in Canning Dock, Liverpool. The north-west wall was built around 1737 as a pier, while the remainder of the wall was constructed between 1826 and 1829 by J. Hartley. The wall is made of stone, with later sections made of granite.

Local climate

Canning Dock Retaining Wall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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