Old Milestone at Junction with Holmfirth Road is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Milestone.

Old Milestone at Junction with Holmfirth Road

WRENN ID
roaming-hall-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Old Milestone at Junction with Holmfirth Road, Mill Bank Road, Meltham
OS grid reference
SE 103 102
Coordinates
53.58853, -1.84511
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The old milestone at the junction with Holmfirth Road is a small stone post, likely dating from the mid-18th century. It is inscribed on three sides with the distances to Marsden, Penistone, and Honley, indicating 1 mile to Honley and ½ mile to Penistone, accompanied by a pointing gloved hand. However, it is presumed that the milestone is not in its original position, as the hand pointing towards Marsden indicates the wrong direction. The stone is significantly worn, making the inscriptions nearly unreadable. This milestone is located on an old cross-valley route that historically connected the upper parts of the Colne Valley to the upper parts of the Don Valley through the Holme Valley.

Local climate

Old Milestone at Junction with Holmfirth Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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