3 Miles Post is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Mile post.
3 Miles Post
- WRENN ID
- wild-column-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Mile post
- Address
- 3 Miles Post, Greenfield Road, Holme Valley, Kirklees
- OS grid reference
- SE 096 078
- Coordinates
- 53.56715, -1.85625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mile post from the mid to late 19th century. It has a cast iron triangular front with a rounded top, mounted on a stone post. The inscription reads: "GREENFIELD & SHEPLEY LANE HEAD ROAD UPPERTHONG GREEN HOLMFIRTH FIELD 3 MILES 7½ MILES BARNSLEY OLDHAM 17 MILES 11¾ MILES."
Local climate
3 Miles Post sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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