Aire and Calder Navigation Wood Nook Lock at SE 392 251 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 Wood Nook Lock at SE 392 251
- WRENN ID
- blind-moulding-swift
- 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 Wood Nook Lock at SE 392 251, Normanton and Altofts
- OS grid reference
- SE 392 251
- Coordinates
- 53.72142, -1.40724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wood Nook Lock is located on the Calder Cut of the Aire and Calder Navigation and was opened in 1839. The engineers responsible for its construction were George Leather and Sons of Leeds. The lock is built from large dressed blocks of sandstone, with some concrete repairs, and features wooden gates. The upper entrance is quadrantly curved, while the lower entrance opens into the River Aire at an acute angle, featuring a bullnose on the outer side. Both the upper and lower gates are present, and there were formerly intermediate gates, which have been removed. The gates are now operated hydraulically and by electric power, having been manual until the 1960s. A modern control cabin and bridge are not included in the listing.
Local climate
Aire and Calder Navigation Wood Nook Lock at SE 392 251 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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