Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Milestone Set in Boundary Wall at Sj 968 988 is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1995. Milestone.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Milestone Set in Boundary Wall at Sj 968 988
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-loggia-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1995
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SJ 967 987
- Coordinates
- 53.48519, -2.04998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone set in the boundary wall of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal dates from 1794 to 1797. It is a rectangular stone post with a curved top and a round indented face that features the inscription "18 miles." This milestone is part of a series along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
Local climate
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Milestone Set in Boundary Wall at Sj 968 988 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% 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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