Milestone Approximately 200 Metres North of Sorrowsdyke Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 200 Metres North of Sorrowsdyke Lane
- WRENN ID
- tenth-porch-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 620 848
- Coordinates
- 54.25755, -2.58344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 200 meters north of Sorrowsdyke Lane, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of painted stone and has a semi-circular shape on a square base with broaches. The inscription reads "S:K.L./6:4¾", with a benchmark positioned above the base. This milestone is situated on the turnpike road from Sedbergh to Greta Bridge, which was established in 1762. The letters "S" and "KL" stand for Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale, respectively.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 200 Metres North of Sorrowsdyke Lane sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% 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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