Milepost 450 Metres North of Lane to South Acton is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Milepost.
Milepost 450 Metres North of Lane to South Acton
- WRENN ID
- hollow-granite-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- NU 179 017
- Coordinates
- 55.30957, -1.71813
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located 450 metres north of the lane to South Acton, dates from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and is painted white, although it was previously green. The milepost has a triangular shape with an open back and features raised lettering indicating the distances: 11 miles to Morpeth and 8 miles to Alnwick. It stands 0.60 metres tall.
Local climate
Milepost 450 Metres North of Lane to South Acton receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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