Milepost, Wold Newton, North East Lincolnshire is a Grade II listed building in the North East Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 2015. Milepost.
Milepost, Wold Newton, North East Lincolnshire
- WRENN ID
- distant-mortar-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham MP: Martin Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 2015
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Wold Newton, North East Lincolnshire, 300m North-West of North Farm, LN8 6BP
- OS grid reference
- TF 241 973
- Coordinates
- 53.45865, -0.13215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cast-iron milepost, dated 1826, is located on the eastern verge of the unclassified road from East Ravendale to Wold Newton. It features a triangular shaft with facetted sides and a cusped top panel. The raised letters on the north-west side indicate 'WOLD NEWTON, M 0 F 2’, while the south-eastern side reads 'GRIMSBY, M 8 F 3’. The cusped top panel displays ‘LOUTH M 4’. At the base of each facetted side, the location name 'WOLD NEWTON' is also shown in raised lettering. The rear of the milepost includes the date and the manufacturer's information, stating ‘Thorncliffe Iron Works 1826'.
Local climate
Milepost, Wold Newton, North East Lincolnshire sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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