Pair of county boundary markers sited where the M62 crosses between Lancashire and Yorkshire is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 2022. Boundary marker.
Pair of county boundary markers sited where the M62 crosses between Lancashire and Yorkshire
- WRENN ID
- upper-pedestal-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 2022
- Type
- Boundary marker
- OS grid reference
- SD 980 147
- Coordinates
- 53.62899, -2.03094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of county boundary markers, constructed in 1971, located where the M62 motorway crosses the boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire.
The markers are made from cast concrete that includes Pennine aggregate and are set on rubble Pennine stone plinths. They are designed to resemble drystone wall construction and have a square base with inclined sides leading to a flat top, creating a shape similar to a stretched but truncated square-based pyramid.
On the east face of the southern marker, there is an embossed painted red rose of Lancashire, while the west face of the northern marker features an embossed painted white rose of Yorkshire. These roses face the flow of traffic on either side of the motorway, serving as a welcome to each respective county.
The sides of each marker that face across the motorway display bronze plaques featuring the crests of the two counties, along with the inscription:
"This plaque marks the boundary between / the counties of Lancaster and York and / was unveiled by / THE QUEEN / on the occasion of / Her Majesty’s inaugural visit to / the Lancashire Yorkshire Motorway M62 / On the 14th October 1971."
Local climate
Pair of county boundary markers sited where the M62 crosses between Lancashire and Yorkshire 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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