Milestone Between Merton Lane and Hill Court Flats (Flats Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Milestone.

Milestone Between Merton Lane and Hill Court Flats (Flats Not Included)

WRENN ID
mired-buttress-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Between Merton Lane and Hill Court Flats (Flats Not Included), Highgate West Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 280 869
Coordinates
51.56699, -0.15382
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century milestone made of stone, located between Merton Lane and Hill Court Flats (the flats themselves are not included in this listing). The rectangular stone is inscribed with the phrase "5 miles to the Post Office."

Local climate

Milestone Between Merton Lane and Hill Court Flats (Flats Not Included) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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