Milestone Opposite Blue Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Blue Bell Inn
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-bailey-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Blue Bell Inn, Embleton, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 167 304
- Coordinates
- 54.66185, -3.29232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located opposite the Blue Bell Inn in Embleton, dates from the early 19th century and was created for the Cockermouth-Keswick Turnpike. It is made of whitewashed slate and features a shaped top. The front has a cast iron plate inscribed with "COCKERMOUTH 3 MILES" and "KESWICK 10 MILES," with the lettering highlighted in black.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Blue Bell Inn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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