Shropshire Union Canal milepost approximately 40 yards north of Avenue Bridge (NGR SJ 88839 07589) is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1985. Milepost.
Shropshire Union Canal milepost approximately 40 yards north of Avenue Bridge (NGR SJ 88839 07589)
- WRENN ID
- low-corner-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1985
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SJ 888 075
- Coordinates
- 52.66591, -2.16646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a canal milepost located approximately 40 yards north of Avenue Bridge, part of the Shropshire Union Canal, which was opened in 1843 and engineered by Thomas Telford. The milepost is made of cast iron and features a T-shaped plate divided into three panels. The inscriptions on the panels indicate the distances to Nantwich (35 miles), Autherley Junction (4 miles), and Norbury Junction (10½ miles).
Local climate
Shropshire Union Canal milepost approximately 40 yards north of Avenue Bridge (NGR SJ 88839 07589) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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