Rochdale Canal Lock Number 6 (Brearley Upper Lock) is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Lock. 1 related planning application.

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 6 (Brearley Upper Lock)

WRENN ID
stranded-roof-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
Lock
Address
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 6 (Brearley Upper Lock), Hebden Royd
OS grid reference
SE 027 259
Coordinates
53.7302, -1.9597
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 6, also known as Brearley Upper Lock, was built in 1798 and designed by engineers W. Jessop and W. Crossley. The lock features large dressed stone retaining walls that include rebates for gates. It is equipped with the facility for a double set of bottom gates.

Local climate

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 6 (Brearley Upper Lock) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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