Milestone at NGR SJ 3020 3256 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone at NGR SJ 3020 3256

WRENN ID
mired-sill-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at NGR SJ 3020 3256, Chirk Road (B5069), Gobowen, Oswestry, Selattyn and Gobowen, SY10 7JY
OS grid reference
SJ 302 325
Coordinates
52.88598, -3.03877
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, erected between 1826 and 1827, is located on Thomas Telford's Holyhead Road. It is made of limestone, which may have been painted later, and features a slightly recessed cast-iron plate. The inscription reads "HOLY / HEAD / 87-M / SALOP / 19M-6F".

Local climate

Milestone at NGR SJ 3020 3256 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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