Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
wild-thatch-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1985
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, A687, Cantsfield
OS grid reference
SD 620 728
Coordinates
54.15034, -2.58207
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This mid-19th century milestone is made of sandstone and has a triangular shape with a sloping top. The top is inscribed with the word 'CANTSFIELD.' The left side of the milestone has the inscriptions 'TO HORNBY 4 MILES. LANCASTER 13 MILES.' The right side is inscribed with 'TO INGLETON 5 MILES.'

Local climate

Milestone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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