Milestone at Capel Bangor is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 May 2004. Milestone.

Milestone at Capel Bangor

WRENN ID
odd-hinge-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 May 2004
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth, Melindwr
OS grid reference
SN 656 802
Coordinates
52.4034, -3.97698
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a milestone located at Capel Bangor. It is made of whitewashed stone and has the inscription 'Aberystwyth 5 Miles' in capital letters, with the place name following the arch of the milestone.

Local climate

Milestone at Capel Bangor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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