Milestone to North of Boot Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1984. Milestone.
Milestone to North of Boot Bridge
- WRENN ID
- grey-vestry-alder
- 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 North of Boot Bridge, A595, Distington
- OS grid reference
- NY 005 229
- Coordinates
- 54.59149, -3.54099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the mid-19th century, is made from a single sandstone block approximately 2 feet high. It has a chamfered top and is square in plan, set diagonally to the road. The milestone is painted white and features a rectangular cast-iron plate on its south face. The plate has a black border and raised sans-serif lettering that indicates distances to Workington (4 miles) and Cockermouth (10 miles). The plate on the north face is missing.
Local climate
Milestone to North of Boot Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,540 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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