Milepost at Green Park is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 2007. Milepost.
Milepost at Green Park
- WRENN ID
- lesser-ashlar-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2007
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost at Green Park, Uttoxeter Road, Checkley
- OS grid reference
- SK 032 378
- Coordinates
- 52.93776, -1.95301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milepost at Green Park is an early 19th-century milestone made of painted cast iron. It has a triangular shape with an inclined head and a segmental-arched raised back plate. The right face of the milepost features the inscription 'UTTOXETER 5 MILES', while the left face reads 'NEWCASTLE 13 MILES'. The head displays 'CHECKLEY PARISH', and the back plate shows 'LONDON/ 144 / LIVERPOOL 67'. This milepost was cast in Burton upon Trent around 1828.
Mileposts are significant as they represent some of the few remaining physical markers of historic road use in the UK. The mileposts along this route highlight the standardisation of roads and the establishment of turnpikes, which were essential for meeting the transport demands of the increasingly industrialised landscape of 18th-century Staffordshire. This particular milepost is one of several 19th-century cast iron examples in the area and holds group value with other listed mileposts along the same route. It remains intact and in its original location.
Local climate
Milepost at Green Park receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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