Allescholes Guide Post at NGR SD940 202 is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Guide post.

Allescholes Guide Post at NGR SD940 202

WRENN ID
third-steel-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1984
Type
Guide post
Address
Allescholes Guide Post at NGR SD940 202, Reddyshore Scout Gate, Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD 940 202
Coordinates
53.6788, -2.09098
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Allescholes Guide Post is a guide post from the early to mid 18th century, made of a single stone that is inscribed on all four faces. The inscriptions indicate the distances to various locations: 9 miles to Burnley on the south face, 10 miles to Halifax on the west face, 5 miles to Rochdale on the north face, and 2 miles to Todmorden on the east face.

Local climate

Allescholes Guide Post at NGR SD940 202 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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