Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Milestone.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- sharp-string-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milepost, London Road, Woolmer Green
- OS grid reference
- TL 253 186
- Coordinates
- 51.85234, -0.18105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, dating from the mid-19th century, is made of cast iron and was produced by Champness of Cheshunt. It stands approximately 1.2 metres high and has a triangular shape that is open at the back. The front features two faces with slightly recessed panels, displaying raised numbers and Roman-style letters indicating distances: Stevenage 4 and London 27. The design includes a sloping triangular head and a semi-circular top panel.
Local climate
Milepost sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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