Milepost at Ngr Sk 00012 57696 is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1972. Milepost.
Milepost at Ngr Sk 00012 57696
- WRENN ID
- sunken-bastion-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1972
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost at Ngr Sk 00012 57696, Buxton Road, Leek
- OS grid reference
- SK 000 576
- Coordinates
- 53.11646, -2.00127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located on Buxton Road in Leek, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a short cylindrical shaft topped with a drum-shaped cap. The milepost has embossed lettering that indicates the distances to Leek, which is 1 mile away, and Buxton, which is 11 miles away.
Local climate
Milepost at Ngr Sk 00012 57696 receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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