Guide Post on South of Road Junction 300 Metres West of Battle Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. A Victorian Guide post.
Guide Post on South of Road Junction 300 Metres West of Battle Bridge
- WRENN ID
- dim-obsidian-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1987
- Type
- Guide post
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- NU 116 122
- Coordinates
- 55.40442, -1.81696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This guide post, located on the south side of the road junction 300 metres west of Battle Bridge, likely dates from the late 19th century and was produced by the Alnwick Foundry. It is made of cast iron, with a grey-painted shaft and black arms on a white background. The post features a circular shaft with a moulded head and finial. The arms, which have clipped corners, are bolted onto the head of the shaft and indicate distances to various locations: Alnwick 5 miles, Bolton 1¼ miles, Glanton 3½ miles, Powburn 4½ miles, Whittingham 3 miles, and Netherton 9 miles. The overall height of the guide post is 2 metres.
Local climate
Guide Post on South of Road Junction 300 Metres West of Battle Bridge receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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