Mile Post is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1984. Mile post.

Mile Post

WRENN ID
moated-flagstone-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1984
Type
Mile post
Address
Mile Post, Holmes Chapel Road, Peover Superior and Snelson
OS grid reference
SJ 756 728
Coordinates
53.25236, -2.36708
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This mile post, dating from around 1830, is made of cast iron and features a round shape topped with an acorn finial. It has a curved plate that displays the distances to Knutsford and Holmes Chapel, indicating that both are 4 miles away from Over Peover.

Local climate

Mile Post sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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