Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost Outside Harecastle Tunnel Portals is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1989. Canal milepost. 3 related planning applications.

Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost Outside Harecastle Tunnel Portals

WRENN ID
haunted-loggia-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1989
Type
Canal milepost
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost Outside Harecastle Tunnel Portals, City of Stoke-On-Trent, ST6 4PX
OS grid reference
SJ 848 517
Coordinates
53.0628, -2.22703
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The canal milepost located outside the Harecastle Tunnel portals on the Trent and Mersey Canal is a cast-iron structure, originally likely made between 1824 and 1827 but recently re-cast. It features a cylindrical column that supports two panels, which are inscribed with the distances: "Shardlow 61 miles" and "Preston Brook 31 miles."

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost Outside Harecastle Tunnel Portals receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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