Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Milestone Approx. 50m South of Prestolee Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Milestone.

Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Milestone Approx. 50m South of Prestolee Aqueduct

WRENN ID
forbidden-screen-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SD 751 062
Coordinates
53.55219, -2.37581
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the 1840s, is located approximately 50 meters south of the Prestolee Aqueduct on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. It is made of stone and has a rectangular shape. The front face is dressed, while the other sides are rough-hewn. The milestone is inscribed with "M/7¾," indicating the distance from Manchester. It is one of a series of eight milestones set at quarter-mile intervals along the canal.

Local climate

Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Milestone Approx. 50m South of Prestolee Aqueduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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