Milestone at Sd 988202 1/2 Mile to South West of Wicken Hill Quarry is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Milestone.

Milestone at Sd 988202 1/2 Mile to South West of Wicken Hill Quarry

WRENN ID
twelfth-balcony-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sd 988202 1/2 Mile to South West of Wicken Hill Quarry, Blackstone Edge Road, Hebden Royd
OS grid reference
SD 988 202
Coordinates
53.67891, -2.01939
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located half a mile southwest of Wicken Hill Quarry, dates from the early 19th century. It features an arch-headed stone that is overlaid with cast iron. The top of the milestone reads "MYTHOLMROYD & BLACKSTONE EDGE ROAD SOWERBY." It has two projecting faces. The left face indicates "ROCHDALE," while the right face shows distances to "MYTHOLM 8 MILES," "ROYD 4 1/3 MILES," and "HALIFAX 10¼ MILES."

Local climate

Milestone at Sd 988202 1/2 Mile to South West of Wicken Hill Quarry sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% 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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