Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost at Ngr 698 670 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Canal milepost.
Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost at Ngr 698 670
- WRENN ID
- strange-terrace-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Canal milepost
- Address
- Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost at Ngr 698 670, Middlewich
- OS grid reference
- SJ 698 670
- Coordinates
- 53.19958, -2.4532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a canal milepost located on the Trent and Mersey Canal, dating from 1819 and made of cast iron. It features a tapered circular stem with an inscription on a raised shield that reads "R&D STONE 1819." The curved plate displays the distances to Shardlow, which is 76 miles away, and Preston Brook, which is 16 miles away. The milepost is topped with a domed cap, and all lettering is presented in Roman capitals.
Local climate
Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost at Ngr 698 670 receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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