Mile Post on Towing Path About 600 Metres North East of Stocker's Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. Mile post.
Mile Post on Towing Path About 600 Metres North East of Stocker's Lock
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-wattle-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1985
- Type
- Mile post
- OS grid reference
- TQ 057 937
- Coordinates
- 51.63287, -0.47361
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mile post, located on the towing path about 600 meters northeast of Stocker's Lock, was constructed in 1893 by the London and Lancashire Engineering Company for the Grand Junction Canal Company. It is made of cast iron and features a rectangular plate with raised lettering that reads 'G.J.C. and Co./BRAUNSTON/75 MILES'.
Local climate
Mile Post on Towing Path About 600 Metres North East of Stocker's Lock sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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