Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Milestone Approximatley 60 Metres East of Prestolee 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 60 Metres East of Prestolee Road

WRENN ID
ancient-facade-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SD 753 064
Coordinates
53.55454, -2.374
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a canal milestone dating from 1797, which was repositioned around 1890, for the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. It is made of buff sandstone and stands approximately half a metre high, set into the ground to the south of the towpath. The milestone has a rectangular cross-section with a flat top. The front (north) face is dressed, while the other faces are rough-hewn. The front is inscribed with ‘M/ 8’ (indicating the distance from Manchester) in deeply-incised, serifed lettering.

Local climate

Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Milestone Approximatley 60 Metres East of Prestolee Road 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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