Milestone at Su 6033 8748 is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Milestone.

Milestone at Su 6033 8748

WRENN ID
strange-soffit-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Su 6033 8748, Reading Road, Cholsey
OS grid reference
SU 603 874
Coordinates
51.58299, -1.13068
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located on the west side of Reading Road in Cholsey, dating from the mid-18th century. It is made of stone and has a half-circular shape with a chamfered top. The milestone is inscribed with the distances to Wallingford, which is 1 mile away, and Reading, which is 14 miles away.

Local climate

Milestone at Su 6033 8748 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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