Milestone Opposite and to the East of Entrance to Gravel Pit Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1977. Milestone.

Milestone Opposite and to the East of Entrance to Gravel Pit Lane

WRENN ID
tenth-basalt-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1977
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
TQ 439 745
Coordinates
51.45197, 0.07032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located opposite and to the east of the entrance to Gravel Pit Lane on Bexley Road, is made of Portland stone and dates back to the 18th or 19th century. It features a square post with a grooved plinth and a low rounded top, which is considerably worn. The west side of the milestone displays the inscription "7 MILES TO DARTFORD." The north face includes a bench mark and a later incised graffito. On the east face, it states "9 MILES TO LONDON BRIDGE."

Local climate

Milestone Opposite and to the East of Entrance to Gravel Pit Lane 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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