Milepost in Ancroft Village is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1988. Monument.

Milepost in Ancroft Village

WRENN ID
hushed-sill-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 February 1988
Type
Monument
Address
Milepost in Ancroft Village, B6525
OS grid reference
NU 001 450
Coordinates
55.69854, -1.99867
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milepost in Ancroft Village, dating from the early 19th century, is made of cast iron. It has a triangular shape with a rounded back and a canted top. One face is inscribed with "Wr" for Wooler, the opposite face has "BER" for Berwick, and the top is marked "MOR" for Morpeth, along with the numbers 11 5 42.

Local climate

Milepost in Ancroft Village receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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