Guidepost, 50 Metres North West of Harrisons is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. Guidepost.
Guidepost, 50 Metres North West of Harrisons
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-solder-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1983
- Type
- Guidepost
- OS grid reference
- SD 696 530
- Coordinates
- 53.97277, -2.46442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This guidepost, dating from 1816, is located 50 metres north-west of Harrisons on Wood House Lane in Slaidburn. It is made of sandstone and has a rectangular shape with a flat top. The front face of the guidepost is inscribed with 'To Hornby', while the right-hand face reads 'To Slaidburn'. The left-hand face is illegible, and the rear features the inscription '1816'. The guidepost stands on the road that crosses Salter Fell to Hornby, which is now only used as a footpath.
Local climate
Guidepost, 50 Metres North West of Harrisons sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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