Mile Post, Buchanan Street, Balfron is a Grade C listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 October 2002. Milepost.

Mile Post, Buchanan Street, Balfron

WRENN ID
first-chamber-torch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 October 2002
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
NS 546 888
Coordinates
56.07048, -4.33654
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This mid 19th century milepost is made of cast iron and is mounted on the front wall of 92 Buchanan Street in Balfron. The post is flat and rectangular, approximately 0.75 meters tall and slightly curved in section. It is painted black and white and features a low relief of a hand pointing towards Glasgow. Above the hand, the raised letters read 'GLASGOW ROYAL EXCHANGE 19', with 'BALFRON' below.

Local climate

Mile Post, Buchanan Street, Balfron sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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