Birmingham Canal Little's Lane Bridge Birmingham Canal No1 Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Canal lock and bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Birmingham Canal Little's Lane Bridge Birmingham Canal No1 Lock

WRENN ID
standing-slate-fern
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 and bridge
Address
Birmingham Canal Little's Lane Bridge Birmingham Canal No1 Lock, City of Wolverhampton, WV1 1JJ
OS grid reference
SO 918 991
Coordinates
52.58976, -2.12245
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Birmingham Canal No. 1 Lock and Little's Lane Bridge is a canal lock and bridge built around 1770 by engineers Brindley, Whitworth, and Simcock. It features brick construction with some stone coping. The lock has double bottom gates and a single top gate. The bridge is designed with an elliptical brick arch and a stone key, along with stone-coped straight parapets. This lock is part of a series of 21 locks on the Birmingham Canal at the Wolverhampton level.

Local climate

Birmingham Canal Little's Lane Bridge Birmingham Canal No1 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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