Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- scarred-jade-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, A6, Forton
- OS grid reference
- SD 490 524
- Coordinates
- 53.96567, -2.77868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely from the early 19th century, is made of sandstone and features cast-iron plates. The base is rounded in shape, while the upper part is triangular. The base is inscribed with the word 'FORTON'. The left-hand plate reads 'LANCASTER VI MILES', and the right-hand plate states 'GARSTANG IIII 3/4 MILES'.
Local climate
Milestone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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