Milestone on Kendal/Lancaster Canal Approximately 90 Metres South of Dovehouses Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone on Kendal/Lancaster Canal Approximately 90 Metres South of Dovehouses Bridge

WRENN ID
buried-lantern-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SD 538 817
Coordinates
54.2296, -2.7091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from around 1816, is located approximately 90 meters south of Dovehouses Bridge on the Kendal/Lancaster Canal. It is made of limestone and features an upright post with a round head. The upper part of the post is dressed, while the base is roughly cut. There are dressed oval panels on each side, with the number 18 inscribed on the south side, indicating the distance in miles from Lancaster, and the number 9 on the north side, indicating the distance from Kendal.

Local climate

Milestone on Kendal/Lancaster Canal Approximately 90 Metres South of Dovehouses 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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