Milestone at Upavon Down is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1986. Milestone.

Milestone at Upavon Down

WRENN ID
crooked-chalk-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 June 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Upavon Down, A 342
OS grid reference
SU 170 550
Coordinates
51.29473, -1.75627
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milestone at Upavon Down is located on the Upavon to Andover turnpike and dates from the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular pillar with a cast-iron plate. The plate displays the distances to Devizes (12 miles), Everleigh (2 miles), and Andover (14 miles).

Local climate

Milestone at Upavon Down receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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