Milestone Circa 100 Metres West of Track to Heather Lea is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Milestone.

Milestone Circa 100 Metres West of Track to Heather Lea

WRENN ID
over-solder-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NY 975 250
Coordinates
54.62017, -2.03974
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located approximately 100 metres west of the track to Heather Lea, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of painted ashlar and stands about 0.8 metres high with a low domed pyramidal top. The milestone is set diagonally to the road and features inscriptions reading "EDGE 7½" on the west face and "MIDN 2½" on the east face. There is also a small square cut out below the inscription on the west face.

Local climate

Milestone Circa 100 Metres West of Track to Heather Lea sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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