Canal Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. Canal lock.

Canal Lock

WRENN ID
lapsed-wattle-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1984
Type
Canal lock
Address
Canal Lock, Bowness
OS grid reference
NY 241 621
Coordinates
54.94795, -3.18606
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The canal lock, built between 1819 and 1823 for the Carlisle Canal, is made of red sandstone ashlar with V-joints. It is a standard canal lock designed for vessels up to 100 tons, providing access from the Canal Basin to the canal. The lock was in use until 1853.

Local climate

Canal Lock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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