Aire and Calder Navigation Kings Lock at SE 373 244 is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Lock.

Aire and Calder Navigation Kings Lock at SE 373 244

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 1987
Type
Lock
Address
Aire and Calder Navigation Kings Lock at SE 373 244, Normanton and Altofts
OS grid reference
SE 373 244
Coordinates
53.71518, -1.43539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kings Lock is a lock on the Calder Cut of the Aire and Calder Navigation, opened in 1839. It was designed by the engineers George Leather and Sons of Leeds. The lock is constructed from large dressed blocks of sandstone, with some concrete repairs, and features wooden gates. It has quadrantally curved entrances at each end, along with upper and lower gates, as well as intermediate gates that were operated manually until the 1960s and are now operated hydraulically by electric power. There is an overflow sluice located at the north-west corner. A modern control cabin and bridge are not included in this listing.

Local climate

Aire and Calder Navigation Kings Lock at SE 373 244 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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