Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1990. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- fossil-outpost-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford MP: Mr Mark Francois (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1990
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Hockley Road, Rayleigh
- OS grid reference
- TQ 809 909
- Coordinates
- 51.58852, 0.61019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located on Hockley Road in Rayleigh, dating from the late 18th century. It is made of stone and has a square plan. The road-facing side displays the distance to London as 34 miles and to Southend as 9 miles. This milestone is part of a series that marked the route from London to Southend, as shown on the Chapman & Andre map of 1777. The route included places such as Romford, Brentwood, Shenfield, Hutton, Billericay, Wickford, and Rayleigh.
Local climate
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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