Milestone (Sedbergh 3) to East of Steps End is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1999. Milestone.

Milestone (Sedbergh 3) to East of Steps End

WRENN ID
pale-timber-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1999
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone (Sedbergh 3) to East of Steps End, Cautley Road, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 691 947
Coordinates
54.34736, -2.47572
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located to the east of Steps End on Cautley Road in Sedbergh, dating from the later 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a short triangular shaft with a semicircular head. The head has raised lettering that reads "SEDBERGH & KIRKBY STEPHEN / ROAD / CAUTLEY". The left and right-hand faces display "KIRKBY / STEPHEN / 11 MILES" and "SEDBERGH / 3 MILES", respectively. This milestone is one of four remaining in a series of five within the parish.

Local climate

Milestone (Sedbergh 3) to East of Steps End sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 59 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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