Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Milestone at Sd 979 030 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 at Sd 979 030

WRENN ID
noble-fireplace-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 1995
Type
Milestone
Address
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Milestone at Sd 979 030, Mossley
OS grid reference
SD 979 029
Coordinates
53.52314, -2.03211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone dating from 1794 to 1797, located on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. It is a rectangular stone post with a curved head and features a round indented face that displays the inscription "15 miles." This milestone is part of a series along the canal.

Local climate

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Milestone at Sd 979 030 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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