Milestone Approximately 50 Metres North of Seven Milestone Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 50 Metres North of Seven Milestone Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal
- WRENN ID
- buried-lintel-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 538 826
- Coordinates
- 54.23754, -2.70965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 50 meters north of the Seven Mile Bridge over the Kendal/Lancaster Canal, dates back to 1826. It is made of cast iron and has a half-hexagonal shape with fluted faces and a domed top. The milestone is painted black and white and features the inscriptions "BURTON" on the north side and "KENDAL" on the south side, along with the distance of "4 7 MILES." It is part of a series of similar milestones and boundary stones along the Heronsyke Turnpike, which were supervised by John McAdam.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 50 Metres North of Seven Milestone Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal 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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