Oxford Canal Kidlington Green Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Lock.
Oxford Canal Kidlington Green Lock
- WRENN ID
- low-gargoyle-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Lock
- OS grid reference
- SP 491 128
- Coordinates
- 51.8118, -1.28804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kidlington Green Lock is a mid-19th century lock on the Oxford Canal. It features retaining walls made of English bond brick topped with limestone ashlar coping. The lock has wooden gates with cast-iron winching runners positioned against stone bollards at the north end. The Oxford Canal itself was completed in 1790.
Local climate
Oxford Canal Kidlington Green Lock sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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