Milestone on A30/A303 at Approximately Ngr 606 495 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 606 495
- WRENN ID
- graven-plinth-pine
- 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 606 495
- Coordinates
- 51.24152, -1.13212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the 18th century, is located on the A30/A303 near Basingstoke. It is made of painted stone, which has weathered over time. The sides of the milestone are inscribed with distances: 19 miles to Stockbridge, 15 miles to Winchester, 48 miles to London, and 2 miles to Basingstoke. It marks the routes of the Stockbridge and Basingstoke turnpike from 1755 and the Basingstoke, Odiham, and Alton turnpike from 1736. This milestone is a notable example of 18th-century roadside markers.
Local climate
Milestone on A30/A303 at Approximately Ngr 606 495 receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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