Milestone Opposite Holmesdale Road is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1983. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Holmesdale Road
- WRENN ID
- scattered-sentry-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Holmesdale Road, Kew Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 187 767
- Coordinates
- 51.47696, -0.291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone opposite Holmesdale Road is possibly from the 18th century. It is made of Portland stone and has a square section with a chamfered head. The milestone is inscribed with "VII Miles from Hyde Park Corner".
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Holmesdale Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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