Milepost 420 Metres North of Track to Heckley Fence is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Milepost.

Milepost 420 Metres North of Track to Heckley Fence

WRENN ID
ruined-marble-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
NU 183 177
Coordinates
55.45313, -1.71108
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost located approximately 420 metres north of the track to Heckley Fence, likely dating from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and is painted white with black figures. The milepost has a triangular shape with an open back. The inscriptions indicate distances: Alnwick is 3 miles away, and Belford is 11 miles away, with the figures raised except for the second figure.

Local climate

Milepost 420 Metres North of Track to Heckley Fence receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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