Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. A C19 Milepost.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- second-rood-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Leathley Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 231 471
- Coordinates
- 53.91998, -1.64832
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century milepost located on Leathley Lane in Leathley. It is made of cast iron and gritstone, featuring a triangular shape with a rounded head and standing approximately 80 centimetres tall. The inscriptions on the milepost include "Dudleyhill Killinghall and Harrogate Road Leathley" on the head, "Killinghall 8½ miles" on the left face, and "Bradford 12 miles" on the right face. The iron plate is secured to the gritstone support with two bolts.
Local climate
Milepost receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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