Milepost on Towpath of Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 614 238 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Milepost.
Milepost on Towpath of Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 614 238
- WRENN ID
- under-belfry-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost on Towpath of Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 614 238, Brindle
- OS grid reference
- SD 614 238
- Coordinates
- 53.70961, -2.58612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located on the towpath of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is made of stone and has a triangular section, standing approximately half a metre high with a pointed head. The sides facing the canal feature cast iron plates with raised lettering indicating the distances to Liverpool and Leeds, which are 50 miles and 77.5 miles, respectively.
Local climate
Milepost on Towpath of Leeds Liverpool Canal at Sd 614 238 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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