SUSTRANS Millennium Milestone - Shireoaks, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 19.247 W 001° 09.859
30U E 622272 N 5909526
This is one of 1000 cycle path mileposts sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland to celebrate both the millennium and the SUSTRANS national cycle network.
Waymark Code: WM10QF1
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/10/2019
Views: 1
This milestone is on national cycle route 6, which passes through Watford, Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Market Harborough, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Worksop, Sheffield, Manchester, Blackburn, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal and Windermere, and will connect London and Threlkeld (nr. Keswick) in Cumbria when complete. At this point the trail is following a section of the Chesterfield Canal towpath.
SUSTRANS is an organisation that promotes the use of cycles as a green form of transport. A national network of cycle routes is being developed in conjunction with local councils. Wherever possible the routes avoid roads, but in some places have to share the road network.
As part of the millennium celebrations 1000 mileposts were installed at various positions throughout the whole SUSTRANS network.
Sustrans commissioned four artists from the four countries of the United Kingdom to design cast iron ‘Millennium Mileposts’, but each design was spread throughout the network rather than being only installed in the country of birth of the artist.
This Welsh Style milepost was designed by Andrew Rowe and is based upon the nautical and industrial heritage of his native Swansea.
Condition: Immaculate
Material: Metal
Inscription: 19M SHEFFIELD WORKSOP 2M
Name of road: The Chesterfield Canal
Date placed: Not listed
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