Calder and Hebble Navigation Lock at New Cut Top at Junction with River Calder is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.

Calder and Hebble Navigation Lock at New Cut Top at Junction with River Calder

WRENN ID
proud-screen-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Canal lock
OS grid reference
SE 230 202
Coordinates
53.67865, -1.65195
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lock at New Cut Top, located at the junction with the River Calder, is a canal lock built around 1769, designed by engineer John Smeaton. It features stone sides and copings, along with a pair of wooden lock gates that retain their original balance beams. A later iron bridge nearby is not included in this listing.

Local climate

Calder and Hebble Navigation Lock at New Cut Top at Junction with River Calder receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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