Group of 12 Bollards at Entrance Lock to St Katherine's Docks is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1990. Bollards. 11 related planning applications.

Group of 12 Bollards at Entrance Lock to St Katherine's Docks

WRENN ID
patient-mantel-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1990
Type
Bollards
OS grid reference
TQ 338 803
Coordinates
51.50607, -0.07249
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of twelve bollards dating from 1828, located at the entrance lock to St Katherine’s Docks. They are constructed of cast iron and each bollard features relief lettering at the top that reads “St Katherine’s Docks, 1828.” These bollards are one of three groups positioned around the quay walls of St Katherine’s Docks, which were built in 1828 to the designs of Thomas Telford.

Local climate

Group of 12 Bollards at Entrance Lock to St Katherine's Docks 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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  • Related listed building consents — 11 applications
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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