Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. Lock.

Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock

WRENN ID
leaning-mantel-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency
Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
Country
England
Type
Lock
Address
Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock, Aire Street, Goole
OS grid reference
SE 748 233
Coordinates
53.70121, -0.86777
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock are two locks located on Aire Street in Goole. Ouse Lock was under construction in 1835 and completed in 1838, with later alterations made by George Leather. Victoria Lock was built in 1888. Ouse Lock is made of ashlar stone and measures approximately 105 by 15 metres. It has a rectangular shape with recesses at the river end for gates, featuring rounded coping above the ashlar lining of the chamber. The timber gates are secured with iron straps. There are three original capstans at the east end and four at the west end, each about 1 metre tall, designed as tapering fluted columns with square bases. This lock was specifically built for steamships and is considered one of the finest examples of its type. Victoria Lock measures approximately 180 by 15 metres, with rounded ashlar coping above the brick lining of the chamber and timber gates also secured with iron straps. The capstans here are plain and columnar.

Local climate

Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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