Thorne's Locks is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1971. Lock.

Thorne's Locks

WRENN ID
hollow-gutter-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1971
Type
Lock
Address
Thorne's Locks, Denby Dale Road
OS grid reference
SE 327 188
Coordinates
53.66544, -1.50558
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thorne's Locks, built around 1840, consists of double locks with a central island. The structure is made from stone and granite blocks. The northern lock is still operational and has its gates intact, while the southern lock is no longer in use.

Local climate

Thorne's Locks receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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