Canal Milepost South of Bridge No 164 at Sj 7255 6348 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1994. A N/A Canal milepost.

Canal Milepost South of Bridge No 164 at Sj 7255 6348

WRENN ID
narrow-plinth-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 July 1994
Type
Canal milepost
Period
N/A
Address
Canal Milepost South of Bridge No 164 at Sj 7255 6348, Trent and Mersey Canal, Moston
OS grid reference
SJ 725 634
Coordinates
53.16786, -2.41211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This canal milepost, located south of Bridge No. 164 on the Trent and Mersey Canal, is dated "R & D Stone 1819" on its shaft. It is made of cast iron and painted black and white. The post is circular with a moulded head and features embossed letters on two convex tablets that indicate distances: "Shardlow 73 miles" and "Preston Brook 19 miles." The Trent and Mersey Canal was constructed between 1766 and 1777 by engineers James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.

Local climate

Canal Milepost South of Bridge No 164 at Sj 7255 6348 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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