Grand Union Canal Long Buckby Wharf Milepost Approximately 16 Metres from Lock Number 9 is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Milepost.
Grand Union Canal Long Buckby Wharf Milepost Approximately 16 Metres from Lock Number 9
- WRENN ID
- cold-ember-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SP 614 652
- Coordinates
- 52.28209, -1.10121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located at Long Buckby Wharf on the Grand Union Canal, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features raised lettering that reads: "G.U.C Co./BRAUNSTON/5/MILES." The milepost is positioned approximately 16 meters from Lock Number 9.
Local climate
Grand Union Canal Long Buckby Wharf Milepost Approximately 16 Metres from Lock Number 9 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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