Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost North of Bridge Number 192 at Sj 6750 7528 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1994. Milepost.

Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost North of Bridge Number 192 at Sj 6750 7528

WRENN ID
patient-gutter-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 July 1994
Type
Milepost
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost North of Bridge Number 192 at Sj 6750 7528, Wincham
OS grid reference
SJ 675 752
Coordinates
53.27348, -2.48868
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This canal milepost, located north of Bridge Number 192, 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, indicating distances: "Shardlow 83 miles" and "Preston Brook 9 miles." The Trent and Mersey Canal, which this milepost references, was constructed between 1766 and 1777 by engineers James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost North of Bridge Number 192 at Sj 6750 7528 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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