Milepost on A493 is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 June 2005. Milepost.

Milepost on A493

WRENN ID
roaming-newel-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 June 2005
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost on A493, Llangelynin, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 571 067
Coordinates
52.63979, -4.11311
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a late 19th-century triangular cast iron milepost located on the A493. It features a ramped top and is painted black and white, with raised letters and numerals. The milepost indicates a distance of 13 miles to Dolgelley and 6 miles to Towyn.

Local climate

Milepost on A493 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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