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
- odd-bailey-myrtle
- 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, Liverpool Road, Great Sankey
- OS grid reference
- SJ 576 879
- Coordinates
- 53.38689, -2.63896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located on Liverpool Road in Great Sankey, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is made of whitewashed stone and features a triangular shape with a flat top. The milestone has an OS benchmark symbol and incised black lettering that reads 'TO PRESCOT 8 MILES, TO LIVERPOOL 16 MILES' on the left side and 'TO WARRINGTON 2 MILES' on the right side. The milestone is marked on the 1849 Ordnance Survey map, indicating its historical significance as a reminder of the area's transport history and changing 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 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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