Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp5088 0148 is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Milestone.
Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp5088 0148
- WRENN ID
- carved-panel-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp5088 0148, Oxford Road, Kennington
- OS grid reference
- SP 508 014
- Coordinates
- 51.70987, -1.26474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the west side of Oxford Road in Kennington, dates from the early 19th century. Made of granite, it is inscribed with the distances to Oxford and Abingdon, both marked as 3 miles. The road itself was turnpiked in 1736, indicating its historical significance in the development of local transport.
Local climate
Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp5088 0148 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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