Milestone at West Side of Road, Near Junction with Chatburn Road is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1984. Milestone.

Milestone at West Side of Road, Near Junction with Chatburn Road

WRENN ID
silver-pillar-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at West Side of Road, Near Junction with Chatburn Road, Green Lane, Downham
OS grid reference
SD 782 444
Coordinates
53.89547, -2.33283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 18th-century milestone is located on the west side of the road, near the junction with Chatburn Road. It is made of sandstone and has a rectangular shape. The front face features a shouldered semi-circular top and chamfered edges. The milestone is inscribed with the distances: "To Colne 9 Miles, To Gisburn 4 Miles, To Clitheroe 3 Miles."

Local climate

Milestone at West Side of Road, Near Junction with Chatburn Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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