Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 2009. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- vast-pillar-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 2009
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Hardings Lane, Ilkley
- OS grid reference
- SE 112 491
- Coordinates
- 53.93802, -1.83041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone located on Hardings Lane in Ilkley is a Grade II listed structure dating from the 17th to 18th century. This rectangular stone block stands approximately 1 metre high and is positioned by the roadside at a junction.
The front face of the milestone is flat with a squared top, while the sides are fairly flat but taper towards the top. The front is inscribed with the words "TO RIPON 15 M," accompanied by a crudely incised hand below that points to the right. On the left side, the inscription reads "TO KEIGHLEY 5 M," with another crudely incised hand above pointing to the left.
Historically, this stone is marked as a guide stone on the 1891 edition of the Ordnance Survey map and as a direction post on the 1853 edition. It may have originated during the 18th century when the establishment of turnpikes transferred road maintenance costs to users, or it could date back even earlier as one of the guide stones erected by Justices in 1667 to assist travelers crossing the moors.
The milestone is designated at Grade II primarily because it predates 1840, likely originating in the 18th century, and features a 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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