Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 53 Trent and Mersey Canal Woodend Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1988. Canal bridge, lock.

Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 53 Trent and Mersey Canal Woodend Lock

WRENN ID
standing-screen-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1988
Type
Canal bridge, lock
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 53 Trent and Mersey Canal Woodend Lock, King's Bromley
OS grid reference
SK 127 135
Coordinates
52.71917, -1.8121
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge number 53 on the Trent and Mersey Canal, located at Woodend Lock, is a canal bridge and lock built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, featuring sandstone arch jambs and coping on the parapet. The bridge has a stilted three-centred arch, with a sandstone block above it inscribed with the number "57". The plain parapet and abutments extend forward. At the rear of the bridge, there is a lock equipped with 20th-century gates. The Trent and Mersey Canal was authorized by an act passed in 1765.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 53 Trent and Mersey Canal Woodend Lock receives an average of 790 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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