Guide Post at Junction with Riley Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. Guide post.

Guide Post at Junction with Riley Lane

WRENN ID
iron-window-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 1984
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post at Junction with Riley Lane, Penistone Road, Kirkburton
OS grid reference
SE 191 121
Coordinates
53.60527, -1.71205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, dating from the mid-19th century, is located at the junction with Riley Lane on the east side of Penistone Road in Kirkburton. It is made of stone and features a bull-nose and rounded top. The post is inscribed in capital letters and includes pointing hands that indicate directions. The inscriptions read "TO HUDDERSFIELD," "TO PENISTONE," and "STICK NO BILLS."

Local climate

Guide Post at Junction with Riley Lane receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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