Rochdale Canal Lock Number 7 (Broadbottom) and Overflow Channel to North is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 7 (Broadbottom) and Overflow Channel to North

WRENN ID
ruined-rotunda-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
Canal lock
Address
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 7 (Broadbottom) and Overflow Channel to North, Hebden Royd
OS grid reference
SE 006 264
Coordinates
53.73415, -1.99143
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 7 (Broadbottom) and the overflow channel to the north were built in 1798, designed by engineers W. Jessop and W. Crossley. The lock features large dressed stone retaining walls that include rebates for gates. The overflow channel also has dressed stone retaining walls.

Local climate

Rochdale Canal Lock Number 7 (Broadbottom) and Overflow Channel to North 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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