Mile Post on Towing Path Immediately South of Bridge Carrying A405 Over Canal 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 Immediately South of Bridge Carrying A405 Over Canal
- WRENN ID
- watchful-vault-solstice
- 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
- Address
- Mile Post on Towing Path Immediately South of Bridge Carrying A405 Over Canal, Grand Union Canal, Sarratt
- OS grid reference
- TQ 084 994
- Coordinates
- 51.68312, -0.43232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mile post, located on the towing path immediately south of the bridge carrying the A405 over the Grand Union Canal in Abbots Langley, dates from 1893. It was made by the London and Lancashire Engineering Company for the Grand Junction Canal and Company. The mile post is constructed from cast iron and features a rectangular plate with raised lettering that reads 'G.J.C.Co./BRAUNSTON/70 MILES'.
Local climate
Mile Post on Towing Path Immediately South of Bridge Carrying A405 Over Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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