Milepost, Leek 3 Miles is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Milepost.
Milepost, Leek 3 Miles
- WRENN ID
- quiet-turret-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Leek 3 Miles, A 53, Longsdon
- OS grid reference
- SJ 948 543
- Coordinates
- 53.08643, -2.07849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located on the A53 in Longsdon, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of cast iron and stands approximately 500 millimeters high. The design features a circular shaft base topped with a fluted conical cap. The head of the milepost is inscribed, with one panel on the left stating "LEEK/3/MILES" and two panels on the right indicating "NEWCASTLE/8½ MILES/BURSLEM/6½ MILES".
Local climate
Milepost, Leek 3 Miles receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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