Fourth Lock from Bottom, Oldbury Locks, (Approximately 90 Metres North of Engine Steel) Birmingham Canal Titford Branch is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Canal lock.
Fourth Lock from Bottom, Oldbury Locks, (Approximately 90 Metres North of Engine Steel) Birmingham Canal Titford Branch
- WRENN ID
- graven-buttress-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Canal lock
- OS grid reference
- SO 994 888
- Coordinates
- 52.49736, -2.00936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fourth lock from the bottom of the Oldbury Locks on the Titford Branch of the Birmingham Canal was opened in 1837. It features a brick chamber with sandstone kerbs, although some of these have been replaced with concrete. The lock has single gates and cast iron sluice gear located at the upstream end.
Local climate
Fourth Lock from Bottom, Oldbury Locks, (Approximately 90 Metres North of Engine Steel) Birmingham Canal Titford Branch receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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