Milepost Shropshire Union Canal 0.5 Miles to North of Norbury Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. A C19 Milepost.

Milepost Shropshire Union Canal 0.5 Miles to North of Norbury Junction

WRENN ID
north-ember-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1972
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
SJ 791 235
Coordinates
52.80874, -2.31096
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milepost on the Shropshire Union Canal, located half a mile north of Norbury Junction, dates from around 1835. It is made of painted cast iron and features a short post with a convex plate and a lower panel that indicates distances to Autherley, Nantwich, and Norbury Junction.

Local climate

Milepost Shropshire Union Canal 0.5 Miles to North of Norbury Junction receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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