Milepost at SW 688 446 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Milepost.

Milepost at SW 688 446

WRENN ID
proud-pewter-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost at SW 688 446, New Portreath Road, Redruth
OS grid reference
SW 688 446
Coordinates
50.25684, -5.24351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost located on the New Portreath Road in Redruth, likely dating from the late 19th century. It is made of dressed granite and has a triangular shape. The milepost is inscribed with the distances to Portreath and Redruth, both marked as 2 miles.

Local climate

Milepost at SW 688 446 receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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