Milepost Approximately 330m NE of Forest Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 330m NE of Forest Hall
- WRENN ID
- hushed-hinge-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- NY 549 015
- Coordinates
- 54.40728, -2.69481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 330 meters northeast of Forest Hall, dated 1825. It is made of cast iron and has a half hexagonal shape with concave faces and a domed cap. The milepost features lettering on the side panels, with "SHAP/9/MILES" on the left and "KENDAL/7/MILES" on the right, while the date is displayed in the center. This milepost is part of a series along the Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road, which was established in 1753.
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 330m NE of Forest Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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, 36 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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