Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
ruined-stair-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, B.3078, Chalbury
OS grid reference
SU 010 075
Coordinates
50.86764, -1.98599
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milestone is from the 19th century and is made of cast iron in a triangular shape. It is inscribed with "Cranborne 5" and "Wimborne 5". This milestone was erected by the Poole Trust as part of the Dorset Milestones Survey in 1980.

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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