Milestone Approximately 20 Metres North of Junction with Old London Road is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1986. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 20 Metres North of Junction with Old London Road
- WRENN ID
- lunar-cobalt-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SE 485 398
- Coordinates
- 53.85235, -1.26298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located approximately 20 metres north of the junction with Old London Road. This milestone dates from the late 19th century and is made of ashlar stone with a cast-iron plaque. It has a triangular shape with a semicircular head and stands about 1 metre high. The raised inscription is painted black against a white background, reading 'TADCASTER & DONCASTER / ROAD / TOWTON' around the head. On the north side, it indicates distances to Doncaster (25 miles), Pontefract (12 3/4 miles), and Ferrybridge (10 miles). The south side shows distances to York (11 3/4 miles) and Tadcaster (2 1/4 miles).
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 20 Metres North of Junction with Old London Road receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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