Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milestone Immediately South of Bridge Number161 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Milestone.
Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milestone Immediately South of Bridge Number161
- WRENN ID
- vacant-tallow-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milestone Immediately South of Bridge Number161, Moston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 730 620
- Coordinates
- 53.15498, -2.40462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The canal milestone, located immediately south of bridge number 161 on the Trent and Mersey Canal, dates from 1819 and is made of cast iron. It features a tapered circular stem inscribed with "R & D STONE 1819." The curved plates display the distances to Shardlow, which is 72 miles away, and Preston Brook, which is 20 miles away. All lettering is presented in Roman capitals, and the milestone is topped with a domed cap.
Local climate
Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milestone Immediately South of Bridge Number161 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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