Milestone on Friars Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1982. Milestone.
Milestone on Friars Hill
- WRENN ID
- sharp-loft-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1982
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Friars Hill, Watchfield Road, Highworth
- OS grid reference
- SU 219 909
- Coordinates
- 51.61721, -1.68434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone on Friars Hill is an 18th-century stone marker. It is simply designed and inscribed with "LXXVI miles to London." The inscription has been overpainted.
Local climate
Milestone on Friars Hill receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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