Trent and Mersey Canal milepost opposite Harecastle Tunnel portals is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Milepost.

Trent and Mersey Canal milepost opposite Harecastle Tunnel portals

WRENN ID
grim-zinc-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1988
Type
Milepost
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal milepost opposite Harecastle Tunnel portals, Kidsgrove
OS grid reference
SJ 837 541
Coordinates
53.08472, -2.24449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The canal milepost located opposite the Harecastle Tunnel portals on the Trent and Mersey Canal is likely from between 1824 and 1827. It is made of cast iron and features a cylindrical column that supports two panels. The panels are inscribed with the distances: "SHARDLOW / 62 / MILES" and "PRESTON / BROOK / 30 MILES".

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal milepost opposite 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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