Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2008. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- haunted-zinc-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Warrington Road, Penketh
- OS grid reference
- SJ 560 875
- Coordinates
- 53.38309, -2.6619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on Warrington Road in Penketh, dates from the late 19th century. It is made of whitewashed stone and features a triangular shape with a downward sloping top. The lettering on the milestone indicates 'PENKETH' at the top, 'TO WIDNES TOWN HALL 3 3/4 MILES' on the left side, and 'TO WARRINGTON MARKETGATE 3 MILES' on the right side. The milestone was erected between 1882 and 1894-1896. It is notable for marking distances to buildings rather than places, highlighting its significance in the area's transport history and the evolution of road patterns.
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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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