Mile Post is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 May 1995. Mile post.

Mile Post

WRENN ID
distant-lime-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 May 1995
Type
Mile post
Address
Mile Post, Pontysgawrhyd, Meifod
OS grid reference
SJ 191 159
Coordinates
52.73555, -3.19853
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This mile post, dating from around 1820, was created for the Montgomeryshire Turnpike Trust. Made of cast iron, it has a triangular shape with a sloping top that rises to a rounded back plate. The southeast face features raised cast lettering that reads "LLANFYLLIN 5 - M," while the northwest face displays "WELSHPOOL 7 - M." The back plate is inscribed with "LAKE VYRNWY / / 16 - M."

Local climate

Mile Post receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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