Mile marker on A48, Pyle to Margam Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 January 1998. Mile marker.

Mile marker on A48, Pyle to Margam Road

WRENN ID
night-paling-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 January 1998
Type
Mile marker
Address
Mile marker on A48, Pyle to Margam Road, Cynffig
OS grid reference
SS 826 828
Coordinates
51.53219, -3.69391
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a mile marker located on the A48, between Pyle and Margam. It is made of iron and features a design resembling a Gothic arch with a keystone. Below the top arch, there are two canted arches that face oncoming traffic, all mounted on an arched plinth, which is set on a rectangular base. The top arch is inscribed with "BRIDGEND DISTRICT / PYLE." The canted arches have the inscriptions "TO / BRIDGEND / 6" and "TO / NEATH / 12," while the base is marked with "PYLE PARISH."

Local climate

Mile marker on A48, Pyle to Margam Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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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