Milestone to the west side of the road beside the car park at Chessington World of Adventures is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1983. Milestone.

Milestone to the west side of the road beside the car park at Chessington World of Adventures

WRENN ID
gentle-garret-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Thames
Constituency
Kingston and Surbiton MP: Ed Davey (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 October 1983
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone to the west side of the road beside the car park at Chessington World of Adventures, KT9 2NE
OS grid reference
TQ 175 625
Coordinates
51.34976, -0.31347
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located on the west side of the road beside the car park at Chessington World of Adventures, is probably from the late 18th century. It is made of square Portland stone and is set diagonally to the road with a triangular top.

The top of the milestone is inscribed with the distances to various locations: "ROYAL EXCHANGE 17 MILES/WHITEHALL 15¼ MILES/HYDE PARK 14 MILES/PARISH OF CHESSINGTON". The southeast face has the inscription: "TO SURBITON/3 MILES/KINGSTON/4 MILES", while the northeast face reads: "TO LEATHERHEAD/4 MILES/DORKING/9 MILES". The lettering is in plain capitals without serifs.

Local climate

Milestone to the west side of the road beside the car park at Chessington World of Adventures sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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