Milestone Approximately 50 Metres North of Junction with Second Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Milestone.

Milestone Approximately 50 Metres North of Junction with Second Avenue

WRENN ID
steep-iron-raven
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 373 443
Coordinates
53.89405, -1.43364
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located approximately 50 meters north of the junction with Second Avenue, dates from after 1826, likely from the mid-19th century. It features an arched stone structure that is overlaid with cast iron and has a triangular cross-section. The letters on the milestone are in relief. The top of the milestone reads: "LEEDS & COLLINGHAM ROAD RIGTON CUM BARDSEY." The left face indicates distances to Collingham (1½ miles) and Leeds (9 miles), while the right face shows distances to Wetherby (3½ miles) and York (17 miles).

Local climate

Milestone Approximately 50 Metres North of Junction with Second Avenue receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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