Milepost at National Grid Reference St 6977 6815 is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. Milepost.

Milepost at National Grid Reference St 6977 6815

WRENN ID
solemn-cobalt-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost at National Grid Reference St 6977 6815, Bath Road, Kelston
OS grid reference
ST 697 681
Coordinates
51.41154, -2.43607
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost, likely dating from the 1820s, created for the Bath Turnpike Trust. It features a square, inscribed, cast-iron plate mounted on a rendered square upright. The raised lettering, along with a pointing hand, reads: "THE/BATH ROADS/(hand)/TO THE/GUILDHALL/BATH/M... (and) Fur/4 & 3".

Local climate

Milepost at National Grid Reference St 6977 6815 receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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