Cast-iron road marker on Blakeney Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2015. Road marker.
Cast-iron road marker on Blakeney Hill
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2015
- Type
- Road marker
- OS grid reference
- SO 659 071
- Coordinates
- 51.7616, -2.49523
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cast-iron road marker located on Blakeney Hill, commemorating the creation of the road through the Royal Forest of Dean in 1903. The marker is a semi-circular headed plaque, approximately 0.6 meters high, with a raised rim and lettering. It features an extensive inscription that reads: "THIS ROAD FOR A DISTANCE / OF 1240 YARDS [left arrow] WAS MADE / AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CROWN / FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE / INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST / AND DISTRICT / 1905 / E STAFFORD HOWARD ESQ / COMMISSIONER / PHILIP BAYLIS / DEP[UTY] SURV [EYOR]."
Local climate
Cast-iron road marker on Blakeney Hill receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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