Milestone to Front of Local Authority Office is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Milestone.
Milestone to Front of Local Authority Office
- WRENN ID
- swift-mantel-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield MP: Andy Burnham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone to Front of Local Authority Office, Wigan Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 574 000
- Coordinates
- 53.49532, -2.64354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located in front of the Local Authority office in Ashton in Makerfield, is possibly from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with an inscription added in the mid-19th century. It is made of stone and features curved sides that come to a sharp edge at the front, with a chamfered top. On the north side, the chamfer is inscribed with "TO/ASHTON/VILLAGE/BRIDGE/1090/YARDS" in italic letters, while the side reads "TO/WARRINGTON/8 MILES." On the south side, the chamfer is inscribed with "TO/BRYN/STATION/640 YARDS" in italic letters, and the side states "TO/WIGAN/4 MILES."
Local climate
Milestone to Front of Local Authority Office sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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