Birmingham Canal No3 Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Canal lock.

Birmingham Canal No3 Lock

WRENN ID
buried-quoin-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton North East MP: Sureena Brackenridge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1992
Type
Canal lock
Address
Birmingham Canal No3 Lock, City of Wolverhampton
OS grid reference
SO 917 993
Coordinates
52.59194, -2.12333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Birmingham Canal No 3 Lock is a canal lock built around 1770 by engineers Brindley, Whitworth, and Simcock. It is constructed of brick with some stone coping and features double bottom gates and a single top gate. This lock is part of a flight of 21 locks on the Birmingham Canal at the Wolverhampton level.

Local climate

Birmingham Canal No3 Lock receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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