Milepost on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2003. Milepost.

Milepost on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

WRENN ID
sombre-paling-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 2003
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Five Locks, Cwmbran, Pontnewydd
OS grid reference
ST 287 973
Coordinates
51.67072, -3.03138
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a milepost located on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. It is made of black painted cast iron and stands approximately 45 centimeters high. The milepost features a large circle in the center with raised white lettering above and below it. At ground level, there is a rectangle with additional raised white lettering. The inscriptions read from the top: "FROM POTTER STREET LOCK 7 MILES M.C.Co."

Local climate

Milepost on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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