Milestone Near Moor Quarries is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. A Late C18 Milestone.
Milestone Near Moor Quarries
- WRENN ID
- muted-bastion-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Near Moor Quarries, Rochdale Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 069 212
- Coordinates
- 53.68808, -1.89621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone near Moor Quarries is a single stone, whitewashed, dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It is a triangular upright stone. The left face of the stone reads "TO ROCHDALE 13 MILES, RIPPONDEN 2 MILES," while the right face reads "TO ELLAND 2 1/2 MILES." This milestone is located on the former turnpike road for the Blackstone Edge Trust.
Local climate
Milestone Near Moor Quarries 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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