Mile Post Near Junction with Elsworth Road is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Mile post.

Mile Post Near Junction with Elsworth Road

WRENN ID
unlit-belfry-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Mile post
Address
Mile Post Near Junction with Elsworth Road, St Neots Road, Cambourne
OS grid reference
TL 305 606
Coordinates
52.22874, -0.09037
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century mile post located near the junction with Elsworth Road. It is made of cast iron and features three angled faces. The mile post is painted white, with a black raised inscription indicating the distances to Oxford (77 miles), St Neots (8 miles), and Cambridge (10 miles).

Local climate

Mile Post Near Junction with Elsworth Road 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% 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 0.3°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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