Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Milepost.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- waiting-window-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Bath Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 686 722
- Coordinates
- 51.44549, -1.01312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid-19th century milepost is located about 130 yards east of Honeyend Lane on the north side of Bath Road. It was made by T & J Perry of Reading and is constructed from cast iron. The milepost has a triangular shape, featuring the inscriptions 'Reading 2 miles' to the east, 'Newbury 15 miles' to the west, and 'London 41' on a panel above.
Local climate
Milepost receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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