Pye Corner (Bassaleg) Golden Mile Pillar is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 March 2011. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Pye Corner (Bassaleg) Golden Mile Pillar

WRENN ID
brooding-spandrel-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 March 2011
Type
Monument
Address
Pye Corner (Bassaleg) Golden Mile Pillar, Tredegar Park, Gaer
OS grid reference
ST 281 871
Coordinates
51.57886, -3.0377
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Golden Mile Pillar at Pye Corner in Bassaleg is a stone pillar that has a squared shape. It features a triangular cap and faces the track. On its raised crown, there is a large 'T' with the words 'PARK MILE RAILWAY' underneath.

Local climate

Pye Corner (Bassaleg) Golden Mile Pillar receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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