Milestone Approximately 250 Metres North of Wikefield Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Milestone.

Milestone Approximately 250 Metres North of Wikefield Farm

WRENN ID
inner-mullion-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1986
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SE 321 422
Coordinates
53.87525, -1.51227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located approximately 250 meters north of the entrance to Wikefield Farm, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It features a single-arched stone that is overlaid with a cast-iron section shaped like a triangle. The letters on the milestone are in relief. The top of the milestone reads "LEEDS & HARROGATE ROAD WIKE," while the left face displays "HAREWOOD," and the right face indicates distances: "2 MILES LEEDS HARROGATE 6 MILES 9 MILES."

Local climate

Milestone Approximately 250 Metres North of Wikefield Farm receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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