Milepost in front of Whitegates is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Milepost.
Milepost in front of Whitegates
- WRENN ID
- tall-mantel-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1988
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost in front of Whitegates, Main Road, Betley
- OS grid reference
- SJ 753 488
- Coordinates
- 53.03635, -2.36909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century cast iron milepost located in front of Whitegates on the west side of Main Road in Betley. The milepost has a triangular shape with a chamfered top and a round-headed plate. It is painted and features inscriptions that read: "Parish of Betley. BASFORD 3 miles, NANTWICH 7 1/2 miles, NEWCASTLE 8 miles, KEELE 5 miles."
Local climate
Milepost in front of Whitegates receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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