Milepost on Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Milepost. 2 related planning applications.
Milepost on Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- errant-panel-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost on Railway Bridge, Wigan Lane, WN1 2RD
- OS grid reference
- SD 577 086
- Coordinates
- 53.57242, -2.63948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost from 1837, made of cast iron, located on a railway bridge on Wigan Lane in Standish with Langtree. The milepost is a fluted, flat post that is now partially buried. It has a segmental-headed, rectangular plate with cresting, and displays the following lettering: "LANGTREE/2 MILES TO WIGAN/6 MILES TO CHORLEY/15 MILES TO PRESTON/(1837)". The railway bridge itself dates to 1837, and the milepost may represent a road improvement undertaken by the railway company.
Local climate
Milepost on Railway Bridge 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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