Mile post approximately 80 metres to south of colliery entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1988. Mile post.
Mile post approximately 80 metres to south of colliery entrance
- WRENN ID
- stranded-screen-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1988
- Type
- Mile post
- OS grid reference
- SE 448 225
- Coordinates
- 53.69723, -1.32253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mile post, located approximately 80 metres south of the colliery entrance on Park Road in Pontefract, dates from the mid to late 19th century. It features a cast-iron front with a triangular shape, which is attached to a round-topped ashlar sandstone back.
The left side of the mile post displays the inscriptions 'DONCASTER/15 MILES/ PONTEFRACT/MARKET CROSS/¾ MILE'. The right side lists distances to various locations: 'BOROBRIDGE/29 MILES/ WETHERBY/16½ MILES/LEEDS/12½ MILES/ABERFORD/9½ MILES/CASTLEFORD/2½ MILES'. The top of the post reads 'BARNSDALE & LEEDS/ROAD/PONTEFRACT'.
Additionally, the sloping triangular top is marked with the maker's name, 'BRAYSHAW & BOOTH/MAKERS/LIVERSEDGE'.
Local climate
Mile post approximately 80 metres to south of colliery entrance 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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