Milestone 440 Metres East of Portgate Roundabout is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Milestone.

Milestone 440 Metres East of Portgate Roundabout

WRENN ID
lesser-eave-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NY 991 685
Coordinates
55.01176, -2.01468
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located 440 metres east of Portgate roundabout, is likely from around 1757, which is the date when the turnpike opened. It is made of sandstone and stands 0.60 metres high. The stone has a segmental top and features incised figures indicating the distance of 16 miles to Newcastle.

Local climate

Milestone 440 Metres East of Portgate Roundabout receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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