Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- wild-brass-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Victoria Square, Stockton Heath
- OS grid reference
- SJ 614 861
- Coordinates
- 53.37049, -2.58088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, made of cast iron, dates from 1898 and is located in Victoria Square on the south side of Stockton Heath. It has a triangular shape with cast lettering that reads "Cheshire County Council 1898" at the top. The left side indicates distances to Preston Brook (5 miles), Frodsham (8 miles), and Chester (18½ miles), while the right side shows distances to Lymm (4½ miles), Altrincham (11 miles), and Manchester (19 miles). It is prominently situated at the main crossroads in Stockton Heath.
Local climate
Milestone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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