Milepost 530 Metres East of A197/B1337 Road Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Milepost.

Milepost 530 Metres East of A197/B1337 Road Junction

WRENN ID
idle-doorway-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
NZ 216 874
Coordinates
55.18131, -1.66084
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost located 530 metres east of the A197/B1337 road junction in Pegswood, likely dating from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and is painted orange with black figures. The milepost has a triangular shape with an open back and features a raised legend indicating the distances to Newbiggin (7½ miles) and Morpeth (2 miles). Its current height is approximately 0.45 metres, although it is partially buried.

Local climate

Milepost 530 Metres East of A197/B1337 Road Junction receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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