Milestone Situated at Junction with Knockhall Chase is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. Milestone.

Milestone Situated at Junction with Knockhall Chase

WRENN ID
sunken-moulding-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Situated at Junction with Knockhall Chase, London Road, Swanscombe and Greenhithe
OS grid reference
TQ 589 748
Coordinates
51.44995, 0.28556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This early 19th century milestone, standing about 2 feet tall, is located at the junction with Knockhall Chase on the south side of London Road in Greenhithe. It features a domed top and has the number XVIII incised on two sides. The other sides have been covered with metal plates, indicating distances of 4 miles to Gravesend and 18 miles to London.

Local climate

Milestone Situated at Junction with Knockhall Chase sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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