Mile Post to West of Scotland Drove is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Mile post.
Mile Post to West of Scotland Drove
- WRENN ID
- quartered-terrace-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Mile post
- Address
- Mile Post to West of Scotland Drove, Cambridge Road, Swavesey
- OS grid reference
- TL 347 664
- Coordinates
- 52.2797, -0.02663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mile post located to the west of Scotland Drove, dating from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and features inscriptions on each of its three faces. The inscriptions read 'Godmanchester 7', 'Cambridge 7½', and 'Swavesey Parish', with the text painted in black on a white background.
Local climate
Mile Post to West of Scotland Drove 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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