Milepost at SE 446 190 is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. Milepost. 1 related planning application.

Milepost at SE 446 190

WRENN ID
eternal-span-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 May 1988
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost at SE 446 190, Pontefract Road, Ackworth
OS grid reference
SE 446 190
Coordinates
53.66628, -1.32516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost located on Pontefract Road in Ackworth, dating from the early to mid 19th century. It is made of sandstone and features a cast iron facing plate. The milepost is triangular in shape and approximately 1 metre high, with a flat-faced semicircular head and chamfered sides. It has raised lettering that reads "BARNSLEY & PONTEFRACT ROAD" around the head, along with "ACKWORTH", "PONT 2 MILES", and "BARNY 12 MILES".

Local climate

Milepost at SE 446 190 receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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