Milestone West of Meathaw Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Milestone.

Milestone West of Meathaw Hill

WRENN ID
crooked-rubblework-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone West of Meathaw Hill, A686, Glassonby
OS grid reference
NY 672 423
Coordinates
54.77476, -2.5103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located west of Meathaw Hill, likely from the early 19th century, was created for the Penrith-Alston Turnpike. It is made of whitewashed stone and features a round top with a squared base. The face of the milestone has incised lettering that reads "ALSTON 4" and "PENRITH 15" in four lines, highlighted in black, with a bench mark above.

Local climate

Milestone West of Meathaw Hill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 71 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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