Milestone About 10 Yards West of Duncombe Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1983. Milestone.

Milestone About 10 Yards West of Duncombe Arms

WRENN ID
frozen-storey-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1983
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
TL 249 545
Coordinates
52.17531, -0.1739
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This mid 18th century milestone is located about 10 yards west of the Duncombe Arms on Gamlingay Road in Waresley. It has a square shape with a domed top and is painted white, featuring incised lettering. The south face reads "WARESLEY," the east face indicates "ST. IVES 12 MILES," and the west face shows "POTTON 4."

Local climate

Milestone About 10 Yards West of Duncombe Arms sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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