Milestone Approximately 400 Yards North of Mattinsons Bridge on the Kendal/Lancaster Canal Ngr 524/843 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 400 Yards North of Mattinsons Bridge on the Kendal/Lancaster Canal Ngr 524/843
- WRENN ID
- ragged-bonework-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 524 842
- Coordinates
- 54.25204, -2.73159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 400 yards north of Mattinson's Bridge on the Kendal/Lancaster Canal, dates from around 1818. It is made of limestone and features an upright post with a round head. The upper part of the milestone is dressed, while the base is roughly cut. There are dressed oval panels on either side, with the number 20 inscribed on the south side, indicating the distance in miles from Lancaster, and the number 7 on the north side, indicating the distance from Kendal.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 400 Yards North of Mattinsons Bridge on the Kendal/Lancaster Canal Ngr 524/843 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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