Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Milepost.

Milepost

WRENN ID
lunar-pinnacle-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost, Great North Road
OS grid reference
TL 245 174
Coordinates
51.84212, -0.19365
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milepost, dating from the mid 19th century, is made of cast iron and was produced by Champness of Cheshunt. It has a triangular shape that is open at the back, featuring two front faces with slightly recessed panels that display raised lettering indicating the distances to London (26 miles) and Stevenage (5 miles). The design includes a sloping triangular head and a semicircular 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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