8 Miles Post 100 Yards to East of No 224 is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Mile post.
8 Miles Post 100 Yards to East of No 224
- WRENN ID
- dim-hall-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Mile post
- OS grid reference
- SE 119 066
- Coordinates
- 53.55618, -1.8204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mile post located on Woodhead Road, approximately 100 yards east of No. 224. It dates from the early to mid 19th century and is made of painted stone. The post has a rounded top and features an inscription that reads "8 Miles to Huddersfield" and "Woodhead 5½".
Local climate
8 Miles Post 100 Yards to East of No 224 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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