Milestone About 500 Metres East of Willoughby Hedge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone About 500 Metres East of Willoughby Hedge
- WRENN ID
- leaning-lead-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- ST 875 338
- Coordinates
- 51.10362, -2.17853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located about 500 metres east of Willoughby Hedge, likely dating from the late 18th century. It is a limestone pillar featuring incised lettering on the front that reads: "XCVI / Miles from / LONDON / XVIII / from Amesbury." This section of the road between Amesbury and Willoughby Hedge was turnpiked between 1760 and 1762.
Local climate
Milestone About 500 Metres East of Willoughby Hedge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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