Milestone Approximately 80 Metres West of Junction with Carnet Lane is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 80 Metres West of Junction with Carnet Lane
- WRENN ID
- gentle-facade-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SE 483 430
- Coordinates
- 53.88098, -1.26551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely dating from the early 19th century, is located approximately 80 metres west of the junction with Carnet Lane along the A162 in Tadcaster. It is a stone post that stands about 1.25 metres high and has a triangular shape with a round-arched top. The milestone features a cast-iron plaque with raised inscriptions that are painted black against a white background. On the west face, it reads: "YORK / 9¾ MILES / TADCASTER / ¼ MILE." The east face displays: "DONCASTER / 27 MILES / PONTEFRACT / 14¾ MILES / FERRY BRIDGE / 12 MILES." Additionally, around the head of the milestone, it states: "TADCASTER & DONCASTER / ROAD / TADCASTER WEST."
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 80 Metres West of Junction with Carnet Lane 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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