Milestone on East Side of Road Half A Mile (Approximatley) to North of Junction with Midgehole Road is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Milestone.

Milestone on East Side of Road Half A Mile (Approximatley) to North of Junction with Midgehole Road

WRENN ID
forbidden-clay-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SD 995 285
Coordinates
53.7531, -2.00859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located on the east side of the road approximately half a mile north of the junction with Midgehole Road, dates from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and features two angled faces with lettering in relief. The left face reads "HEBDEN" and the right face states "KEIGHLEY BRIDGE 10 MILES" and "1 MILE."

Local climate

Milestone on East Side of Road Half A Mile (Approximatley) to North of Junction with Midgehole 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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