Milestone on Kendal/Lancaster Canal Approximately 70 Metres North of Braithwaite Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1985. Milestone.

Milestone on Kendal/Lancaster Canal Approximately 70 Metres North of Braithwaite Bridge

WRENN ID
former-loft-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1985
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SD 522 775
Coordinates
54.19177, -2.73254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located approximately 70 meters north of Braithwaite Bridge on the Kendal/Lancaster Canal, dates from around 1816. It is made of limestone and features an upright post with a round head. Each side has dressed oval panels, with the number 15 inscribed on the south side, indicating the distance to Lancaster, and the number 12 on the north side, indicating the distance to Kendal.

Local climate

Milestone on Kendal/Lancaster Canal Approximately 70 Metres North of Braithwaite Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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