Turnip Lock, Hadley Park Lock and Adjoining Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Canal lock and bridge.

Turnip Lock, Hadley Park Lock and Adjoining Bridge

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1983
Type
Canal lock and bridge
OS grid reference
SJ 672 133
Coordinates
52.71644, -2.48699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Turnip Lock, Hadley Park Lock, and the adjoining bridge date from around 1796 and are part of the disused Shrewsbury Canal, which began construction in 1793 under engineer Joseph Clowes. After Clowes' death in 1795, Thomas Telford took over as chief engineer, and the canal was completed in 1796. Notable features of the canal include Telford's cast-iron aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern and the inclined plane at Trench. Hadley Park Lock and Turnip Lock are significant as they are the only locks on the canal that still have their original mechanism, which includes guillotine gates. The adjoining bridge to the north of Hadley Park Lock is a small brick round-arched road bridge with parapets featuring stone coping, which was largely restored in the 19th century.

Local climate

Turnip Lock, Hadley Park Lock and Adjoining Bridge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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