Milestone, 17 Miles from London is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1996. Milestone.

Milestone, 17 Miles from London

WRENN ID
waiting-tower-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1996
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, 17 Miles from London, A40, Denham
OS grid reference
TQ 036 866
Coordinates
51.56925, -0.50601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located 17 miles from London, marked on a map from 1799. It is made of squared stone with a pyramidal top. The inscription facing the road reads "London 17 Oxford 37 Beaconsfield 6," while the inscription facing east states "Uxbridge 2." This milestone was intended to be placed on the north side of the road.

Local climate

Milestone, 17 Miles from London sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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