Calder and Hebble Navigation Riddings Lock Sir John Ramsdens Canal Riddings Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Canal lock.

Calder and Hebble Navigation Riddings Lock Sir John Ramsdens Canal Riddings Lock

WRENN ID
calm-postern-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Canal lock
OS grid reference
SE 160 188
Coordinates
53.6661, -1.75912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Riddings Lock on Sir John Ramsden's Canal, part of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, was built between 1774 and 1780. The lock features ashlar kerbstones, iron mooring hooks, and two wooden lock gates. It is accompanied by a stone bridge made from hammer-dressed stone, which has a depressed arch, a string course, and a parapet.

Local climate

Calder and Hebble Navigation Riddings Lock Sir John Ramsdens Canal Riddings Lock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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