Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost Immediately North of Rumps Lock 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 Immediately North of Rumps Lock

WRENN ID
fallen-obsidian-gorse
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 Immediately North of Rumps Lock, A533, Middlewich
OS grid reference
SJ 714 645
Coordinates
53.1769, -2.42897
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The canal milepost located immediately north of Rumps Lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal dates from 1819 and is made of cast iron. It features a tapered circular stem that is inscribed with "R&D STONE 1819" within a raised quatrefoil. The curved plate displays the distances to Shardlow, which is 74 miles away, and Preston Brook, which is 18 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 Immediately North of Rumps Lock 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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