Milepost outside No.273 is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 January 1976. Milepost.

Milepost outside No.273

WRENN ID
broken-granite-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 January 1976
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost outside No.273, Canton
OS grid reference
ST 166 765
Coordinates
51.48159, -3.2018
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast-iron milepost located outside No. 273. It has a triangular shape and features a downward pointing apex that displays the words 'LANDAFF 1¼'. The left narrow vertical section is marked with 'CARDIFF 1 MILES', while the right section shows 'LANTRISANT 9½ MILES'.

Local climate

Milepost outside No.273 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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