Milestone at Tunstead Milton is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Milestone.
Milestone at Tunstead Milton
- WRENN ID
- sheer-string-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Tunstead Milton, Manchester Road, Chapel-En-Le-Frith
- OS grid reference
- SK 033 800
- Coordinates
- 53.3173, -1.95105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone at Tunstead Milton is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1724. It is made of gritstone and stands approximately 2½ feet high with a shallow curved head. On the west side, it is inscribed with directions to Stockport (12 miles) and Manchester (19 miles). The east side features inscriptions directing to Chapel (1 mile), Tideswell (18 miles), Bakewell (15 miles), and Chesterfield. This milestone is part of the historic Manchester to Chapel-en-le-Frith Turnpike.
Local climate
Milestone at Tunstead Milton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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