Milestone at Corner of High Street and Bromley Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone at Corner of High Street and Bromley Road
- WRENN ID
- far-newel-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 374 695
- Coordinates
- 51.40874, -0.02498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located at the corner of High Street and Bromley Road in Beckenham, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is made of limestone and has a square plan with a rounded top. The milestone is inscribed with the following: "LONDON/BRIDGE/ MILES/IX/2 FURLONGS/ONE MILE/AND HALF TO/SHORTLANDS." This milestone is situated on the New Cross turnpike road, which was established in 1718.
Local climate
Milestone at Corner of High Street and Bromley Road 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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