Guide Post at SE 015270 20 Metres to West of Rough Bottom is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Guide post.

Guide Post at SE 015270 20 Metres to West of Rough Bottom

WRENN ID
noble-belfry-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
Guide post
OS grid reference
SE 015 270
Coordinates
53.73975, -1.97758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, likely dating from the mid-18th century, is a monolithic stone structure with four dressed faces. The south face is inscribed with the words "MIDGLEY" accompanied by a hand pointing to the right, and "HEBDEN BRIDGE" with a hand pointing to the left. It is located 20 meters to the west of Rough Bottom and marks a former packhorse road that connected Heptonstall to Halifax.

Local climate

Guide Post at SE 015270 20 Metres to West of Rough Bottom 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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