Milepost approximately 20 metres east of junction with Park Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Milepost.
Milepost approximately 20 metres east of junction with Park Drive
- WRENN ID
- leaning-clay-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost approximately 20 metres east of junction with Park Drive, S36 1DY
- OS grid reference
- SK 266 986
- Coordinates
- 53.48376, -1.59954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century milepost located approximately 20 metres east of the junction with Park Drive in Stocksbridge, along Manchester Road. It was made by Brayshaw and Booth of Liversedge. The milepost is constructed from cast iron and is fixed to a gritstone pillar. It features angled sides beneath a round-headed panel. The raised lettering on the upper panel indicates "WADSLEY LANGSETT / & / SHEFFIELD / ROAD / GREEN." The left side displays the distances to Huddersfield (16½ miles) and Holmfirth (11 miles), while the right side shows the distance to Sheffield (10 miles).
Local climate
Milepost approximately 20 metres east of junction with Park Drive receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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