Milepost C 40 Yards East of Red Lion Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Milepost.

Milepost C 40 Yards East of Red Lion Inn

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 May 1986
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
NT 964 388
Coordinates
55.64361, -2.05742
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milepost, located approximately 40 yards east of the Red Lion Inn, dates from the early to mid-19th century and is made of cast iron. It features an oval tablet with two oval facets mounted on a short iron post. The milepost is inscribed with "BEL" (for Belford) on one side and "COR" (for Cornhill) on the other, along with the distances of "11 8 MILES" and "FORD 1" on the top.

Local climate

Milepost C 40 Yards East of Red Lion Inn receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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