Milestone Inscribed 1 Mile from Gorhambury 20 Miles from London Hyde Park Corner is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone Inscribed 1 Mile from Gorhambury 20 Miles from London Hyde Park Corner
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-flue-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Inscribed 1 Mile from Gorhambury 20 Miles from London Hyde Park Corner, Hemel Hempstead Road, St. Michael
- OS grid reference
- TL 122 068
- Coordinates
- 51.74905, -0.37585
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the early to mid-19th century, is located on the north side of Hemel Hempstead Road in Prae Wood. It is made of stone and stands approximately 75 centimeters high. The front of the milestone features a carved inscription that reads: "1 mile from Gorhambury 20 miles from London Hyde Park Corner."
Local climate
Milestone Inscribed 1 Mile from Gorhambury 20 Miles from London Hyde Park Corner 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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