Mile Post on North West Angle of Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Mile post.
Mile Post on North West Angle of Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- peeling-corbel-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1973
- Type
- Mile post
- Address
- Mile Post on North West Angle of Town Hall, Market Place, Wirksworth
- OS grid reference
- SK 286 540
- Coordinates
- 53.0827, -1.57324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mile post located on the northwest angle of the Town Hall in Market Place dates back to the early 19th century, specifically 1839. It is made of cast iron and features a rounded top plate that is inscribed with "London 139 miles." The splayed faces of the post display distances to various locations: "Duffield 8 1/2 miles, Derby 13 miles, Newhaven 9 miles, Buxton 20 miles, and Manchester 44 miles."
Local climate
Mile Post on North West Angle of Town Hall receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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