Hampstead Road Lock on the Grand Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1992. Canal locks. 3 related planning applications.

Hampstead Road Lock on the Grand Union Canal

WRENN ID
ragged-bastion-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1992
Type
Canal locks
Address
Hampstead Road Lock on the Grand Union Canal, Camden High Street, NW1 7BX
OS grid reference
TQ 286 840
Coordinates
51.54108, -0.14568
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hampstead Road Lock on the Grand Union Canal is a pair of canal locks built around 1818-1820, with some 20th-century alterations. The locks feature brick chambers with stone coping and a central island platform. Each lock is equipped with two sets of double wooden gates, along with wood and steel balance beams. The gearing for the ground paddles is located at the top, while the gate paddle gearing is at the bottom. The walls include steps leading down to a lower level, and the lockside surfaces are paved with brick. Historically, the Regent's Canal arm of the Grand Union Canal was constructed between 1812 and 1820, engineered by James Morgan and supervised by John Nash.

Local climate

Hampstead Road Lock on the Grand Union Canal sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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