Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 February 2005. Milepost.

Milepost

WRENN ID
open-marble-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 February 2005
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost, Maentwrog, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 657 399
Coordinates
52.9397, -3.99914
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast iron milepost with a triangular shape, which is wider at the top. It features a raking head and has facing panels that display the names and distances. On the left side, it reads "BLAENAU FFESTINIOG / 3," and on the right side, it reads "HARLECH / 9."

Local climate

Milepost sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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