Milepost at Junction with Woodhead Road is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1986. Milepost.
Milepost at Junction with Woodhead Road
- WRENN ID
- heavy-cobalt-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost at Junction with Woodhead Road, Penistone Road, Wortley
- OS grid reference
- SK 309 989
- Coordinates
- 53.48622, -1.53537
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located at the junction with Woodhead Road, dates from the mid-19th century and is made of cast iron. It features angled sides and a top, standing freely. The milepost has raised lettering, with the word "MILES" in italics. On the left side, it reads "SHEFFIELD / 8 / MILES," and on the right side, it states "PENISTONE / 5 / MILES."
Local climate
Milepost at Junction with Woodhead Road receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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