Milepost at Os Sk 469218 is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. A Mid C19 Milepost.
Milepost at Os Sk 469218
- WRENN ID
- late-hinge-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1989
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost at Os Sk 469218, Ashby Road, Long Whatton and Diseworth
- OS grid reference
- SK 469 218
- Coordinates
- 52.79234, -1.3053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located on Ashby Road in Long Whatton, dates from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and painted white, featuring raised black lettering. The milepost has a triangular shape with a stop below the upper inscription. It is inscribed with the distances to Shepshed Parish and Rempstone, both 8 miles away, and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, also 8 miles away. Additionally, there is a small oval plaque on the stop that reads "WOOTTON BROS., IRON WORKS, COALVILLE."
Local climate
Milepost at Os Sk 469218 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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