7 Miles Post is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Milestone.
7 Miles Post
- WRENN ID
- carved-sandstone-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- 7 Miles Post, Manchester Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 050 115
- Coordinates
- 53.60051, -1.92448
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
7 Miles Post is a late 19th-century structure located on Manchester Road in Linthwaite. It features a cast iron plate that is affixed to a stone post with a rounded top. The plate displays an inscription indicating the distances to various locations: "WAKEFIELD & AUSTERLANDS ROAD MARSDEN OLDHAM 10½ MILES HUDDERSFIELD 7 MILES." Additionally, in smaller letters, it notes "BRAYSHAW & BOOTH MAKERS LIVERSEDGE."
Local climate
7 Miles Post sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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