Leeds and Liverpool Canal Two Rise Locks with Overflow Channel Dowley Gap is a Grade II* listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Canal locks. 1 related planning application.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Two Rise Locks with Overflow Channel Dowley Gap

WRENN ID
waiting-bastion-moss
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Shipley MP: Anna Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
Canal locks
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Two Rise Locks with Overflow Channel Dowley Gap, Bingley, BD16 1TP
OS grid reference
SE 119 383
Coordinates
53.841, -1.81962
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Two Rise Locks with overflow channel at Dowley Gap were built around 1773 by John Longbottom, following a design by James Brindley. These locks feature large dressed stone retaining walls and have three rebates for gates. There are pedimented ramps leading to the higher lock, with a flight of ten stone steps on either side. The overflow channel on the north side is supported by hammer-dressed stone retaining walls. This structure is part of a series that culminates in the Five-Rise Locks.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Two Rise Locks with Overflow Channel Dowley Gap sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
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