Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Milestone Approximatley 180 Metres North West of Kearsley Road 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 Approximatley 180 Metres North West of Kearsley Road
- WRENN ID
- salt-belfry-woodpecker
- 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 761 056
- Coordinates
- 53.54664, -2.36135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the 1840s, is located approximately 180 meters north-west of Kearsley Road along the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. It is made of stone and has a rectangular shape, with the front face dressed and the other faces rough-hewn. The milestone is inscribed with "M/7," indicating the distance of seven miles from Manchester. It is part of a series of eight milestones set at half-mile intervals.
Local climate
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Milestone Approximatley 180 Metres North West of Kearsley Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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