Milepost on East Side of Short Link Road Approximately 150 Metres East of Junction with Barnsley Road is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1985. Milestone.

Milepost on East Side of Short Link Road Approximately 150 Metres East of Junction with Barnsley Road

WRENN ID
steep-lime-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Barnsley South MP: Stephanie Peacock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1985
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SE 405 052
Coordinates
53.54196, -1.38909
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century milestone located on the east side of Short Link Road, approximately 150 metres east of its junction with Barnsley Road. It is made of sandstone and features a round-headed stone slab. The incised lettering on the milestone indicates the distances to Barnsley, which is 4 miles away, and Doncaster, which is 11 miles away.

Local climate

Milepost on East Side of Short Link Road Approximately 150 Metres East of Junction with Barnsley Road receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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