Grand Union Canal Talbot's Canal Lock 23 Grand Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Canal lock.

Grand Union Canal Talbot's Canal Lock 23 Grand Union Canal

WRENN ID
tall-chancel-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Canal lock
Address
Grand Union Canal Talbot's Canal Lock 23 Grand Union Canal, Stoke Hammond
OS grid reference
SP 886 299
Coordinates
51.96127, -0.71087
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Talbot's Canal Lock 23, located on the Grand Union Canal, was built around 1800. It features brick retaining walls topped with stone coping. The lock has two pairs of gates equipped with sluices and winding gear, with the quoins dated 1863 and 1866. There are also two cast iron bollards and brick steps at the northern end. On one side, there is a pond with sluice and winding gear. To the south of the lock-keeper's cottage, there is a duck pond that was originally a side pond but has been altered too much to be included in the listing.

Local climate

Grand Union Canal Talbot's Canal Lock 23 Grand Union Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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