Milestone South of Junction with Waterbeach Road at Ngr 487 649 is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. Milestone.

Milestone South of Junction with Waterbeach Road at Ngr 487 649

WRENN ID
noble-keystone-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone South of Junction with Waterbeach Road at Ngr 487 649, Ely Road, Landbeach
OS grid reference
TL 487 649
Coordinates
52.26245, 0.17857
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located south of the junction with Waterbeach Road, dating from around 1763. It is a tapering block made of limestone, painted white, with a black inscription that is partly erased. The inscription reads 'LVI London, XI Ely, V Cambridge' on separate faces. This milestone is noted in J.R. Ravensdale's book, The Village of Landbeach, page 4, published in 1974.

Local climate

Milestone South of Junction with Waterbeach Road at Ngr 487 649 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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