Milestone West of Cockermouth is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone West of Cockermouth
- WRENN ID
- heavy-railing-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NY 106 308
- Coordinates
- 54.66454, -3.38701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located west of Cockermouth, dating from the early 19th century, was created for the Cockermouth-Workington Turnpike. It is made of whitewashed stone with a rounded top. The front of the milestone is inscribed with "COCKERMOUTH I MILE, WORKINGTON 7."
Local climate
Milestone West of Cockermouth sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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