Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 2009. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- silent-banister-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 2009
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Keighley Road, Ilkley
- OS grid reference
- SE 109 467
- Coordinates
- 53.91696, -1.83417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone on Keighley Road in Ilkley is a stone obelisk dating from the 17th or 18th century, standing approximately 1 metre high and positioned by the roadside. The front and sides are squared, with the front face featuring the inscription: "To Keighley/ 4 M," accompanied by a crudely incised hand pointing left, and "To Ilkley," with a hand pointing right. There may be additional words or marks below the hand, but they are not legible.
Historically, this stone is marked as a benchmark (BM) and a milestone (MS) on the 1894 edition of the Ordnance Survey map, indicating distances of 4 miles to Keighley and 1 mile to Ilkley. It also appears as a milestone on the 1851 edition of the map. The stone may have been created during the 18th century when turnpikes were established, shifting road maintenance costs to users, or it could be an earlier guide marker for travelers crossing the moors.
The milestone is designated at Grade II due to its age, potentially dating before 1840, and its unique design with hand-carved inscriptions.
Local climate
Milestone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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