Mile Post is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 November 2002. Mile post.

Mile Post

WRENN ID
haunted-jamb-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 November 2002
Type
Mile post
Address
Mile Post, Dowlais
OS grid reference
SO 071 079
Coordinates
51.76207, -3.34646
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a mile post made of black painted cast iron, shaped like a triangle with a sloping top. The top features the raised lettering 'ABERGAVENNY 17 1/4'. The left side displays 'RHYDY-BLEW 7 MILES', while the right side shows 'MERTHYR 2 MILES', both in similar raised lettering.

Local climate

Mile Post sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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