Milestone Approx 50m East of Junction with Swinley Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Milestone.

Milestone Approx 50m East of Junction with Swinley Road

WRENN ID
under-pinnacle-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bracknell Forest
Constituency
Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1986
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SU 900 688
Coordinates
51.41195, -0.70684
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located approximately 50 meters east of the junction with Swinley Road on London Road, dates back to around 1760. It is made of stone and features a square shape with a pyramidal top. The north face of the milestone is inscribed with the distances: "LONDON / 26 / MILES / READING / 13 / MILES."

Local climate

Milestone Approx 50m East of Junction with Swinley Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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