Milestone to East of Bunkershill 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 East of Bunkershill

WRENN ID
salt-newel-bracken
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 East of Bunkershill, B6277, Alston Moor
OS grid reference
NY 749 419
Coordinates
54.77207, -2.39031
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone from the early 19th century, created for the Alston Turnpike Trust. It is made of stone, standing approximately 2 feet high and 1.5 feet wide, with an elliptical top. The milestone is painted white, and features carved Roman lettering on the front, which is highlighted in black. The inscriptions read: "ALSTON 4, MIDDLETON 18."

Local climate

Milestone to East of Bunkershill 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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