Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj 6828 7293 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 at Sj 6828 7293
- WRENN ID
- knotted-soffit-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1994
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj 6828 7293, Rudheath
- OS grid reference
- SJ 682 728
- Coordinates
- 53.25202, -2.47688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a canal milepost located on the west side of the Trent and Mersey Canal in Rudheath, 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 81 miles" and "Preston Brook 11 miles." The Trent and Mersey Canal was constructed between 1766 and 1777 by engineers James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.
Local climate
Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj 6828 7293 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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