Milestone 10 Metres East of Junction of Crook Road and Ratherheath Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Milestone.
Milestone 10 Metres East of Junction of Crook Road and Ratherheath Lane
- WRENN ID
- muted-casement-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 478 952
- Coordinates
- 54.35015, -2.80382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 10 meters east of the junction of Crook Road and Ratherheath Lane, is likely from the late 19th century. It is made of limestone with chamfered edges and is painted white. The lettering is plain and incised, painted in black. On the west side, it indicates that Kendal is 3 miles away, while the east side shows that Bowness is 5¾ miles distant. There is also a bench mark on the side.
Local climate
Milestone 10 Metres East of Junction of Crook Road and Ratherheath Lane sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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