Lock Number 11 on Northampton Arm of Grand Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1987. Lock.

Lock Number 11 on Northampton Arm of Grand Union Canal

WRENN ID
eternal-banister-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 July 1987
Type
Lock
Address
Lock Number 11 on Northampton Arm of Grand Union Canal, Rothersthorpe
OS grid reference
SP 726 570
Coordinates
52.20646, -0.93847
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lock Number 11 on the Northampton arm of the Grand Union Canal is a lock built around 1815 and restored in 1891 and the 20th century. It is constructed of red brick and features timber and metal gates. This is a single-width lock, equipped with a single metal upper gate and double timber lower gates. It is part of a flight of 12 locks on the Northampton arm of the Grand Union Canal.

Local climate

Lock Number 11 on Northampton Arm of 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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