Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj79665797 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1994. Milepost.
Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj79665797
- WRENN ID
- upper-steel-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1994
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj79665797, Betchton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 796 579
- Coordinates
- 53.11855, -2.30524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a canal milepost located on the Trent and Mersey Canal, dated "R & D Stone 1819" on its shaft. The milepost is made of cast iron and is painted black and white. It features a circular shape with a moulded head and has embossed letters on two convex tablets below, indicating "Shardlow 66 miles" and "Preston Brook 26 miles."
Local climate
Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj79665797 receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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