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Latitude: 53.5403 / 53°32'25"N
Longitude: -2.637 / 2°38'13"W
OS Eastings: 357879
OS Northings: 405040
OS Grid: SD578050
Mapcode National: GBR BW0H.WM
Mapcode Global: WH97Y.G8HR
Plus Code: 9C5VG9R7+45
Entry Name: Lock 23 on Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Listing Date: 15 June 1988
Last Amended: 24 January 2000
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1380075
English Heritage Legacy ID: 479550
ID on this website: 101380075
Location: Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN3
County: Wigan
Electoral Ward/Division: Douglas
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wigan
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Wigan St James with St Thomas
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Lock
SD 50 NE WIGAN SWAN MEADOW ROAD
24-1/2/77 Lock No.87 on Leeds-
Liverpool Canal
15.06.1988
II
Canal lock. 1816. By John Rennie; restored. Coursed squared sandstone blocks (coping now concrete); wooden gates at lower end, steel gates at upper end. South side of lower end has inscription "L No.XXIII", and above this an oval metal plate lettered "87". Modern metal footbridge over lower end probably replacing former wooden footbridge.
Listing NGR: SD5787905040
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