Rochdale Canal Lock 31 Lightbank Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Lock. 1 related planning application.

Rochdale Canal Lock 31 Lightbank Lock

WRENN ID
fallow-tallow-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1984
Type
Lock
Address
Rochdale Canal Lock 31 Lightbank Lock, Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD 937 212
Coordinates
53.68804, -2.09557
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lock 31, also known as Lightbank Lock, was built in 1798 as part of the Rochdale Canal. It features large dressed stone retaining walls and cappings, which include rebates for gates. The lock is designed to accommodate a double set of bottom gates.

Local climate

Rochdale Canal Lock 31 Lightbank Lock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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