Milepost on West Side of Road at SE 485179 is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1987. Milepost.

Milepost on West Side of Road at SE 485179

WRENN ID
scattered-plaster-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1987
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost on West Side of Road at SE 485179, Wentbridge
OS grid reference
SE 486 179
Coordinates
53.65573, -1.26605
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost located on the west side of the road in Darrington, dating from the late 19th century. It is made of sandstone and features cast-iron facing plates. The milepost has a triangular shape and stands approximately 1 metre high. It has a flat-faced semicircular head and chamfered sides, with raised lettering that indicates the distances: "TADCASTER & DONCASTER" around the top, and "ROAD DARRINGTON YORK DONCASTER 25? MILES 11 MILES TADCASTER 15½ MILES" on the sides.

Local climate

Milepost on West Side of Road at SE 485179 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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