Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
odd-portal-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Ware Road, Watton-At-Stone
OS grid reference
TL 318 192
Coordinates
51.85604, -0.08682
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone dating from the mid-18th century, erected by the Watton Turnpike Trust. It is made of white freestone and stands as a low square pillar approximately 0.75 meters high, featuring a rounded head. There is no legible inscription, but it marks a distance of 25 miles to London.

Local climate

Milestone sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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