Morpeth Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. Dock. 1 related planning application.

Morpeth Dock

WRENN ID
salt-paling-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Constituency
Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1992
Type
Dock
Address
Morpeth Dock, CH41 4AA
OS grid reference
SJ 325 896
Coordinates
53.39922, -3.01526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Morpeth Dock is a dock and wharf built in 1847, which was reconstructed and enlarged in 1868. It was designed by engineers J.M. Rendel and later J.B. Hartley. The structure is faced with granite and includes some cast-iron dock furniture. The main basin is connected to the River Mersey by a lock that is also lined with stone, with the stone laid to interlock for added strength. The raised surfaces of the wharves feature cast-iron hatches that provided access to the hydraulic power system used to operate the gates, which was installed in the 1880s. There are flights of steps leading down to the water. This dock was part of the initial phase of development at Birkenhead, which underwent significant redesign and reconstruction during the 1860s.

Local climate

Morpeth Dock 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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