Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1996. Town hall.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- ragged-postern-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1996
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Milepost, Llan Ffestiniog, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 700 419
- Coordinates
- 52.95924, -3.93558
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a cast iron milepost from the second half of the 19th century, featuring a triangular profile. The north face displays raised lettering indicating "Blaenau Ffestiniog 3," while the south face shows "Bala 17," both accompanied by a raised arrow. There are no visible foundry marks on the milepost. It is listed for its historic significance as a surviving example of a 19th-century milepost located in a prominent village area.
Local climate
Milepost sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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