Milepost Approximately 100 Metres South of West Bretton Traffic Island is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1988. Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 100 Metres South of West Bretton Traffic Island
- WRENN ID
- grim-screen-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1988
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SE 280 142
- Coordinates
- 53.62402, -1.57699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 100 metres south of the West Bretton traffic island. It dates from the mid to late 19th century and features a cast-iron triangular front mounted on a stone post with a rounded top. The raised letters on the milepost indicate the directions and distances: "BARNSLEY & GRANGEMOOR ROAD BRETTON WEST" and "BARNSLEY HUDDERSFIELD 7 MILES 9+ MILES BRETTON + MILE." This milepost marks the route of the Barnsley and Grangemoor Turnpike road, which was established between 1758 and 1759.
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 100 Metres South of West Bretton Traffic Island receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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