Guide Post Guide Post on North Verge to East is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1987. Guide post.

Guide Post Guide Post on North Verge to East

WRENN ID
shifting-corner-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1987
Type
Guide post
Address
Guide Post Guide Post on North Verge to East, Ravens Green Lane, Little Bentley
OS grid reference
TM 108 234
Coordinates
51.87016, 1.06183
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guide post, located on the north verge of the Colchester Road to the east of the junction with Ravens Green Lane in Little Bentley, dates from the late 19th century. It is made of cast iron and was produced by the Maldon Ironworks. The post is circular in shape and features a flat semi-circular finial that displays the inscription "Parish of Little Bentley. E.C.C. stick no bills." An arm extends from the post, indicating the distances to Ravens Green (1 mile) and Great Bromley (2½ miles).

Local climate

Guide Post Guide Post on North Verge to East receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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