Milepost on Towpath Near Wilstone at National Grid Reference Sp 9024 1435 is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Milepost.
Milepost on Towpath Near Wilstone at National Grid Reference Sp 9024 1435
- WRENN ID
- fallow-balcony-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost on Towpath Near Wilstone at National Grid Reference Sp 9024 1435, Tring Rural
- OS grid reference
- SP 902 143
- Coordinates
- 51.82051, -0.69207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located on the towpath near Wilstone, dating from 1896 and associated with the Grand Junction Canal Company. It indicates the distance along the Aylesbury Arm. The milepost is made of cast iron and is painted. It features raised lettering on the back that reads 'LONDON & LANKASHIRE/ ELECTRICAL & GENL/ENGINEERING CO LIMITED/LONDON'. The design includes a small rectangular upright plate with rounded corners and a raised bead along the edge, with the figure '1' in relief at the center. The plate is cast as part of a T-section iron post, which originally had the maker's name on each half of the back. This milepost replaced earlier stone mileposts in 1896.
Local climate
Milepost on Towpath Near Wilstone at National Grid Reference Sp 9024 1435 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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