Milestone to West of Rise Head is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Milestone.

Milestone to West of Rise Head

WRENN ID
scarred-gargoyle-thrush
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 to West of Rise Head, B6277, Alston Moor
OS grid reference
NY 729 436
Coordinates
54.78718, -2.42291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located to the west of Rise Head, dating from the early 19th century and commissioned by the Alston Turnpike Trust. The stone stands approximately 2 feet high and 1.5 feet wide, featuring an elliptical top. It is painted white, with carved Roman lettering on the front face highlighted in black, indicating the distances to Alston (2 miles) and Middleton (20 miles). A benchmark has been added at the top of the stone.

Local climate

Milestone to West of Rise Head sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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