Leeds and Liverpool Canal Milestone Approximately 30 Metres South East of Hand Lane Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. A C19 Canal milestone.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Milestone Approximately 30 Metres South East of Hand Lane Bridge

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Canal milestone
OS grid reference
SD 512 098
Coordinates
53.58273, -2.73718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century canal milestone located approximately 30 metres south-east of Hand Lane Bridge on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The milestone is made of cast iron and has a triangular shape. The left-hand plate is inscribed with 'LEEDS 98 1/4 MILES', while the right-hand plate reads 'L'POOL 29 MILES'.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Milestone Approximately 30 Metres South East of Hand Lane Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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