Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost South East of Bridge Number 206 at Sj 61017538 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1994. Canal milepost.
Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost South East of Bridge Number 206 at Sj 61017538
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-finial-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1994
- Type
- Canal milepost
- Address
- Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost South East of Bridge Number 206 at Sj 61017538, Little Leigh
- OS grid reference
- SJ 610 753
- Coordinates
- 53.27404, -2.58594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This canal milepost, located south east of Bridge Number 206, 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 that indicate distances: "Shardlow 88 miles" and "Preston Brook 4 miles". The Trent and Mersey Canal, where this milepost is situated, was constructed between 1766 and 1777 by engineers James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.
Local climate
Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost South East of Bridge Number 206 at Sj 61017538 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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