Cast-iron road marker, Milkwall is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 2015. Road marker.

Cast-iron road marker, Milkwall

WRENN ID
spare-lintel-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 2015
Type
Road marker
OS grid reference
SO 582 092
Coordinates
51.78004, -2.60654
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cast-iron road marker located in Milkwall, commemorating the creation of the road through the Royal Forest of Dean in 1906. The marker is a semi-circular headed plaque, approximately 0.6 meters high, which celebrates the completion of the road funded by the Crown, under the authority of The Office of Woods. The plaque features a raised rim and lettering, with an inscription that reads: "THIS ROAD FOR A DISTANCE / OF 1485 YARDS [left arrow] WAS MADE / AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CROWN / FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE / INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST / AND DISTRICT / 1906 / E STAFFORD HOWARD ESQ / COMMISSIONER / PHILIP BAYLIS / DEP[UTY] SURV [EYOR]."

Local climate

Cast-iron road marker, Milkwall receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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