Milestone adjacent to Withington Fire Station is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 2013. Milestone.

Milestone adjacent to Withington Fire Station

WRENN ID
silver-marble-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 2013
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SJ 849 928
Coordinates
53.43179, -2.22851
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milestone, located on the eastern side of Wilmslow Road, dates from the mid to late 19th century and is made of whitewashed stone. It has a triangular shape with a sloping top, featuring incised black lettering on the west side that reads 'Withington'. The two faces below display additional incised black lettering; the left face indicates '8 ¼ /Miles to/ Wilmslow', while the right face states '4/ Miles to/ Manchester/ to/ Centre of/ St Anns/Square'. The left face shows some minor damage at the bottom, and the word 'Square' on the right face is eroded but still partially legible.

Local climate

Milestone adjacent to Withington Fire Station sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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