Tethering Post on Towpath to Kendal Lancaster Canal Approximately 100 Yards East of Stainton Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Tethering post.
Tethering Post on Towpath to Kendal Lancaster Canal Approximately 100 Yards East of Stainton Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- second-roof-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Tethering post
- OS grid reference
- SD 523 853
- Coordinates
- 54.26174, -2.73291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tethering post is located on the towpath of the Kendal/Lancaster Canal, approximately 100 yards east of the Stainton Aqueduct. It is made of limestone and features an upright post with an iron ring set into its side. This post is part of a series of structures associated with the Stainton Aqueduct and Stainton Bridge End Bridge.
Local climate
Tethering Post on Towpath to Kendal Lancaster Canal Approximately 100 Yards East of Stainton Aqueduct sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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