Milepost Leek 6 Miles is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Milepost.
Milepost Leek 6 Miles
- WRENN ID
- second-solder-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost Leek 6 Miles, A53, Heathylee, Staffordshire Moorlands
- OS grid reference
- SK 031 651
- Coordinates
- 53.18335, -1.95453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost dating from the late 19th century. It is made of painted cast iron and stands approximately 500 millimeters high. The milepost features a circular shaft and an enlarged head, which has raised lettering that reads: "LEEK 6 MILES/BUXTON 6 MILES".
Local climate
Milepost Leek 6 Miles sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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