Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Hirst Lock, 10 Metres East of Junction with Hirst Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Canal lock.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Hirst Lock, 10 Metres East of Junction with Hirst Lane

WRENN ID
worn-lantern-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Shipley MP: Anna Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1985
Type
Canal lock
OS grid reference
SE 131 382
Coordinates
53.84015, -1.8013
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hirst Lock, located 10 metres east of the junction with Hirst Lane, is a canal lock built around 1773. The canal was planned by James Brindley and constructed by John Longbottom. It features deeply-coursed stone sides and coping that widens to create a basin on the west side. The lock has two pairs of wooden gates with balance beams, and the gates on the west side have undergone recent repairs. There is also a culvert on the north side.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Hirst Lock, 10 Metres East of Junction with Hirst Lane 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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