Canal Milepost East of Wheelock Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. Mile post.
Canal Milepost East of Wheelock Wharf
- WRENN ID
- noble-sill-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1986
- Type
- Mile post
- Address
- Canal Milepost East of Wheelock Wharf, Trent and Mersey Canal, Sandbach
- OS grid reference
- SJ 752 592
- Coordinates
- 53.12989, -2.37069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Canal Milepost east of Wheelock Wharf is a cast-iron milepost dating from 1819. It features a dome-shaped top and measures 150 millimeters in diameter and 1 meter in height. The post supports a curved distance indicator that is divided into two panels. These panels display raised black capital letters on a white background, indicating "Shardlow 69 miles" to the east and "Preston Brook 23 miles" to the west. The panels are bordered with a beaded edging. Near the base of the post, there is a quatrefoil panel inscribed with "R & N Stone" and the date below.
Local climate
Canal Milepost East of Wheelock Wharf receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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