Milestone at Ngr 7850 7605 is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Milestone.
Milestone at Ngr 7850 7605
- WRENN ID
- salt-flue-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ngr 7850 7605, High Street, Twyford
- OS grid reference
- SU 785 760
- Coordinates
- 51.47805, -0.87099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from 1825, is located on the north side of High Street in Twyford. It is made of stone and features a square base with a half-rounded shaft that culminates in a conical top. The west face of the milestone has incised Roman lettering indicating distances to Maidenhead and Reading, while the east face shows distances to Colnbrook, Newbury, and Bath. The north face of the base includes the inscription "London 34 Parish of Hurst 1825."
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr 7850 7605 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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