Elkington Lock Oxford Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Lock.

Elkington Lock Oxford Canal

WRENN ID
eastward-cupola-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1988
Type
Lock
Address
Elkington Lock Oxford Canal, Cropredy
OS grid reference
SP 468 484
Coordinates
52.13264, -1.31758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elkington Lock is a lock on the Oxford Canal, built in the late 18th century. It features brick walls topped with large limestone coping stones and has wooden gates. The section of the Oxford Canal that includes this lock was completed by 1778.

Local climate

Elkington Lock Oxford Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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