Milestone, on Grass Verge Back of Pavement 500 Metres East of Junction with Sonning Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Milestone.
Milestone, on Grass Verge Back of Pavement 500 Metres East of Junction with Sonning Lane
- WRENN ID
- guardian-wicket-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SU 759 746
- Coordinates
- 51.46596, -0.90872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century milestone is located on the grass verge at the back of the pavement, 500 metres east of the junction with Sonning Lane, along Bath Road in Sonning. The stone features incised Roman lettering. On the east face, it indicates distances to Maidenhead (10 miles) and Colnbrook (19 miles). The west face shows distances to Reading (3 miles), Newbury (20 miles), and Bath (72 miles). Additionally, the base of the milestone notes a distance to London (36 miles). Originally, this milestone was situated 70 metres to the south on the Old Bath Road.
Local climate
Milestone, on Grass Verge Back of Pavement 500 Metres East of Junction with Sonning Lane 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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