Milepost Near Junction with A50 is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. Milepost.

Milepost Near Junction with A50

WRENN ID
rusted-flue-acorn
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 Near Junction with A50, London Road, B5010, Castle Donington
OS grid reference
SK 451 296
Coordinates
52.86281, -1.33072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid 19th-century milepost located near the junction with the A50 in Lockington-Hemington. 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 London (118 miles), Derby (8 miles), Loughborough (9 miles), and Hemington parish.

Local climate

Milepost Near Junction with A50 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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