Milestone at Great Bedwyn Turning is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Milestone.
Milestone at Great Bedwyn Turning
- WRENN ID
- seventh-pedestal-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Great Bedwyn Turning, A4, Little Bedwyn
- OS grid reference
- SU 244 677
- Coordinates
- 51.40836, -1.65017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone at Great Bedwyn turning, 18th century. This milestone is made of painted sarsen stone and features a triangular stem that returns to a square shape at the base. It has a rounded and weathered top. The inscriptions on the milestone read: on the left, "to Great Bedwin 3 Miles," and on the right, "To Savernake Hospital 2 Mile," with pointing hands indicating each destination. The base has an inscription that reads "To LONDON ( ) Miles."
Local climate
Milestone at Great Bedwyn Turning receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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