Milestone on A30/A303 at Approximately Ngr 649 520 is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2003. Milestone.
Milestone on A30/A303 at Approximately Ngr 649 520
- WRENN ID
- stark-courtyard-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- Basingstoke MP: Luke Murphy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2003
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SU 648 520
- Coordinates
- 51.26353, -1.07186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the late 18th century, is located on the A30/A303 at approximately NGR 649 520 in Basingstoke. It is made of painted stone and has a triangular shape. The milestone is inscribed with the distances to London (45 miles), Basingstoke (half a mile), and Hartford Bridge (9 and a quarter miles). It marks the Basingstoke, Odiham, and Alton turnpikes established in 1755 and 1736. This milestone is a good example of late 18th-century road signage.
Local climate
Milestone on A30/A303 at Approximately Ngr 649 520 receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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