Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Milepost to Rear of Numbers 34-42 Runcorn Road at Sj 6370 7471 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 to Rear of Numbers 34-42 Runcorn Road at Sj 6370 7471

WRENN ID
tall-dormer-cream
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 to Rear of Numbers 34-42 Runcorn Road at Sj 6370 7471, Barnton
OS grid reference
SJ 637 747
Coordinates
53.26828, -2.54548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a canal milepost located to the rear of numbers 34-42 Runcorn Road. It is made of cast iron and is painted black and white. The post is circular with a moulded head and features embossed letters on two convex tablets. The tablets indicate distances, stating "Shardlow 86 miles" and "Preston Brook 6 miles." The milepost is dated "R & D Stone 1819." The Trent and Mersey Canal, for which this milepost serves as a marker, was constructed between 1766 and 1777 by engineers James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Milepost to Rear of Numbers 34-42 Runcorn Road at Sj 6370 7471 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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