Milestone Half Way Between Darngill and Crookburn Bridges is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Milestone.

Milestone Half Way Between Darngill and Crookburn Bridges

WRENN ID
sleeping-copper-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Half Way Between Darngill and Crookburn Bridges, B6277, Alston Moor
OS grid reference
NY 774 363
Coordinates
54.72203, -2.35094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the early 19th century, was erected for the Alston Turnpike Trust. It is a single stone, approximately 2 feet high and 1.5 feet wide, featuring an elliptical top. The stone is painted white, with carved Roman lettering on the front face, highlighted in black, indicating distances to Alston (8 miles) and Middleton (14 miles). A benchmark has been added at the bottom.

Local climate

Milestone Half Way Between Darngill and Crookburn Bridges sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 72 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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