Junction of London Road and Meadow Road Milestone Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Castle Point local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1990. Milestone.

Junction of London Road and Meadow Road Milestone Milestone

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Castle Point
Constituency
Castle Point MP: Rebecca Harris (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1990
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
TQ 813 868
Coordinates
51.55114, 0.61468
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located at the junction of London Road and Meadow Road in Hadleigh, dating from the late 18th century. It has a square stone plan, with the road-facing side inscribed with "London 37 miles" and "Southend 4 miles." This milestone is part of a series that marked the route from London to Southend, as shown on the Chapman & André map of 1777, which included the path through Romford, Brentwood, Shenfield, Hutton, Billericay, Wickford, Rayleigh, and onward to Southend.

Local climate

Junction of London Road and Meadow Road Milestone Milestone receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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