Milestone Near Crescent Drive is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. A C19 Milestone.

Milestone Near Crescent Drive

WRENN ID
salt-soffit-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Near Crescent Drive, Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge
OS grid reference
SK 010 828
Coordinates
53.34272, -1.98565
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th century stone milestone located near Crescent Drive on the west side of Buxton Road in Whaley Bridge. It marks the distance of 10 miles to Stockport and 16 miles to Buxton.

Local climate

Milestone Near Crescent Drive 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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