Mile Post 700 Metres North of Prickly Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Milepost.
Mile Post 700 Metres North of Prickly Bridge
- WRENN ID
- weathered-vestry-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- NU 214 221
- Coordinates
- 55.49307, -1.66173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 700 metres north of Prickly Bridge, likely dating from the late 19th century and made by Smith Paterson of Blaydon. It is constructed from cast iron and is painted white with black figures. The milepost stands 0.40 metres tall and features a faceted twin-faced oval top on a fluted shaft, with a maker's plate positioned below a decorative ring. The raised lettering indicates the distance to Alnwick and Sunderland, stating "ALNWICK / NO SUNDERLAND 7 7 MILES MILES."
Local climate
Mile Post 700 Metres North of Prickly Bridge 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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