Milestone on Towpath South of Canal Bridge Number 25 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Milestone.
Milestone on Towpath South of Canal Bridge Number 25
- WRENN ID
- knotted-joist-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Towpath South of Canal Bridge Number 25, Holehose Lane, Adlington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 927 788
- Coordinates
- 53.30663, -2.11041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from around 1830, is located on the towpath 30 meters south of canal bridge number 25 in Adlington. It is a heavy rectangular sandstone block with a shaped top. The south face displays the inscription "From ....... 7 Miles," while the opposite side reads "From ....... 19 1/4 Miles" in a well-crafted serif font. During the Second World War, the names of Marple and Hall Green, which mark the ends of the canal, were intentionally removed to mislead German parachutists. This milestone represents a common style found along this canal, with simpler distance stones located between them. An example of such a stone can be found south of canal bridge number 19 in Adlington.
Local climate
Milestone on Towpath South of Canal Bridge Number 25 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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