Milestone Opposite Don Marie Booth Wood is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1984. Milestone.

Milestone Opposite Don Marie Booth Wood

WRENN ID
riven-belfry-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Opposite Don Marie Booth Wood, Oldham Road, Ripponden
OS grid reference
SE 034 170
Coordinates
53.65025, -1.94895
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located opposite Don Marie Booth Wood on Oldham Road in Rishworth, dates from the mid-19th century. It features an arched stone base that is overlaid with cast iron and has two projecting faces. The top of the milestone reads: "OLDHAM & RIPPONDEN ROAD RISHWORTH." The left face indicates distances to Oldham and Manchester, stating "OLDHAM 11 MILES" and "MANCHESTER 18 MILES," while the right face shows "RIPPONDEN 2 MILES" and "HALIFAX 7 1/2 MILES." The milestone also bears the maker's name, "BRAYSHAW & BOOTH, MAKERS LIVERSEDGE."

Local climate

Milestone Opposite Don Marie Booth Wood sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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