Britain’s Benchmarks

People of Twitter bring me your benchmarks. For aficionados of all things benchmark, especially those that indicate height relative to Ordnance Datum Newlyn.

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@Conecclesia @BinFederation Lyddington. Bins and cones. But no visible benchmark.

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@PaulJohnson65 @Megthelibraria1 Jessica Ennis-Hill’s from Sheffield.

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@BinFederation Outside your jurisdiction I know, but could this technology be applied to the wheeled cousins?

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Smart bins in to send out alerts when full https://t.co/TBWgsOsGn1

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@ollywomump That is certainly an arrow, but it isn’t a benchmark. Someone on here will know what it is. Anyone?

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@TinaBeckDash Which one is you?

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@driverbod125 Ah! This isn’t a benchmark, the arrow symbol was widely used by a number of government departments over the years. I believe this is one that the GPO used to indicate the location of a telephone cable.

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@theOfficeRabbit @LakesStiles @Soapy_Wit_Tank @tismenic70 @LordOrk @ceadela @CharlesBewley2 @LansdellMum @ProjectWHYUK @RuthRendell1 @tutty352 @WindowsLake @Yeti98_ I do believe that that is this? Top of Jacob’s Ladder??

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@BBenchmarks Coniston 😀😀😀👌

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@rfj1966 Nice one! Similar style to this one at Bainbridge in the Yorkshire Dales.

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@ghostsignsuk You may already have this one, it is up your way in Sandsend?

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@ghostsignsuk as promised. A few from Loughborough, thanks to @35mmags

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@JohnRymer1 @BenchmarkBaggi1 This reminds me, I have some ghost signs for you that I need to share. Leave it with me.

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@BinFederation I can report, but failed to get photo evidence, that number 13 has now been replaced.

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@IWoosey Sheffield. Has every city got one of these?

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Spot the benchmark 😃

Bridge No. 53b #LeedsLiverpoolCanal

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@MyFaveBench Do you still want a blue tick?!

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@yorkie_dobbo Mostly, but not always yellow.

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@yorkie_dobbo Another with yellow crayon. I find a few like this, I assume it was used to make them more visible when they were last used.

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@BraydenCreation !