Milepost Approximately 25 Metres North West of Bockenfield Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. A 19th century Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 25 Metres North West of Bockenfield Bridge
- WRENN ID
- tenth-pedestal-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- Milepost
- Period
- 19th century
- OS grid reference
- NZ 176 975
- Coordinates
- 55.27213, -1.72341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located approximately 25 metres northwest of Bockenfield Bridge, dates 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 and features a raised legend indicating the distances: 8 miles to Morpeth and 11 miles to Alnwick. It stands at a height of about 0.75 metres.
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 25 Metres North West of Bockenfield Bridge 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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