8.5 Miles Post at Junction of Gate Head Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Mile post.
8.5 Miles Post at Junction of Gate Head Lane
- WRENN ID
- waiting-spindle-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Mile post
- Address
- 8.5 Miles Post at Junction of Gate Head Lane, Sheffield Road, Holme Valley
- OS grid reference
- SE 175 059
- Coordinates
- 53.54956, -1.73584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 8½ Miles Post at the junction of Gate Head Lane is a mile post dating from the mid to late 19th century. It features a cast iron triangular front with a rounded top, mounted on a stone post. The inscription reads: "NEW MILL DISTRICT ROAD HEPWORTH SHEFFIELD HUDDERSFIELD 18 MILES 8½ MILES."
Local climate
8.5 Miles Post at Junction of Gate Head Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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