Milepost Approximately 300 Metres North of Holme Park is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1985. Milestone.
Milepost Approximately 300 Metres North of Holme Park
- WRENN ID
- ragged-barrel-rush
- 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 530 796
- Coordinates
- 54.21041, -2.72184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 300 metres north of Holme Park, dated 1826. It is made of cast iron and has a half-hexagonal shape with fluted faces and a domed top. The milepost is painted black and white and is marked with "BURTON" on the north side and "KENDAL" on the south side, indicating a distance of 29 miles. This milepost is part of a series of similar milestones and boundary stones along the Heronsyke Turnpike, which were supervised by John McAdam.
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 300 Metres North of Holme Park 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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