Number 7 Lock, Aston Canal Flight with Footbridge, Birmingham/Fazeley Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Canal lock.

Number 7 Lock, Aston Canal Flight with Footbridge, Birmingham/Fazeley Canal

WRENN ID
ancient-landing-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1983
Type
Canal lock
Address
Number 7 Lock, Aston Canal Flight with Footbridge, Birmingham/Fazeley Canal, Chester Street B6
OS grid reference
SP 080 884
Coordinates
52.49402, -1.88321
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 7 Lock on the Aston Canal Flight, part of the Birmingham/Fazeley Canal, dates from the mid-1770s. It is a single narrow lock featuring a single bottom gate, constructed from thick brick with stone dressings. Adjacent to the bottom gate is a cantilevered footbridge, likely built around 1840, which consists of cast iron girders with a wooden deck and low handrails at each end. The handrails are raised a few inches above the lock edge to facilitate the passage of a tow rope.

Local climate

Number 7 Lock, Aston Canal Flight with Footbridge, Birmingham/Fazeley Canal 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 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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