Milestone to South East of Bigrigg is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1984. Milestone.
Milestone to South East of Bigrigg
- WRENN ID
- south-minaret-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone to South East of Bigrigg, A595, Egremont
- OS grid reference
- NY 004 128
- Coordinates
- 54.50086, -3.53935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone dating from the mid-19th century, located to the southeast of Bigrigg. It is made from a single sandstone block that stands approximately 2 feet high and features a chamfered top. The milestone is square in shape and set diagonally to the road. It is painted white and has a rectangular cast-iron plate on its south face. The plate has a black border and raised sans-serif lettering that reads: "TO WHITEHAVEN 4 MILES." The plate on the north face is missing.
Local climate
Milestone to South East of Bigrigg sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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