Milepost outside site of former Bleach Works is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Milepost.
Milepost outside site of former Bleach Works
- WRENN ID
- waning-lintel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost outside site of former Bleach Works, Chorley Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 578 100
- Coordinates
- 53.58538, -2.63763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost dated 1837, located outside the site of a former bleach works in Standish with Langtree. It is made of cast iron and was manufactured by the Haigh Foundry. The milepost features a curved head with a decorative scrolled top, and it has an inscription that reads 'LANGTREE/3 miles to Wigan/5¼ miles to Chorley/1837'.
Local climate
Milepost outside site of former Bleach Works sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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