Finger post is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. Finger post.
Finger post
- WRENN ID
- sharp-buttress-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth MP: Emma Foody (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Finger post
- Address
- Finger post, Junction of Park Lane and Earsdon Road, Shiremoor
- OS grid reference
- NZ 317 718
- Coordinates
- 55.04022, -1.5049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a finger post from the late 19th century to early 20th century, manufactured by Smith, Patterson & Co in Blaydon. It features a cast-iron cylindrical design with three fingers and a triangular finial. The fingers have chamfered corners and display black raised lettering. One finger points southwest, indicating Shire Moor ½ mile, Benton 3 ½ miles, and Newcastle 7 ¼ miles. The second finger points northeast, listing Earsden ½ mile, Hartley 3 miles, and Blyth 7 miles. The third finger points south, showing directions to New York 1½ miles and North Shields 3 ¾ miles.
Local climate
Finger post receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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