Guide Post Opposite Number 1 at Junction of Akroyd Lane with Keighley Road is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Guide post.

Guide Post Opposite Number 1 at Junction of Akroyd Lane with Keighley Road

WRENN ID
guardian-rubble-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post Opposite Number 1 at Junction of Akroyd Lane with Keighley Road, Wadsworth
OS grid reference
SD 996 293
Coordinates
53.76059, -2.00684
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, located opposite number 1 at the junction of Akroyd Lane with Keighley Road, dates from the early to mid 19th century. It is a monolith featuring two dressed angled faces. The top of the post is inscribed with "PARISH OF WADSWORTH." The left face indicates directions to "OLD TOWN" and "MIDGLEY" with a hand pointing right towards "HAWORTH" and "OXENHOPE." The right face points to "HEBDEN BRIDGE," "TODMORDEN," and "HALIFAX" with a hand pointing left towards "KEIGHLEY."

Local climate

Guide Post Opposite Number 1 at Junction of Akroyd Lane with Keighley Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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