Milestone, 18 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, 18 Miles from London
- WRENN ID
- twisted-beam-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1996
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, 18 Miles from London, A40, Denham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 021 870
- Coordinates
- 51.57346, -0.52773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located 18 miles from London, which is marked on a map from 1799. It is made of squared stone and features a pyramidal top. The inscriptions on the milestone include "Uxbridge 3" facing the road, "London 18 Oxford 36 Beaconsfield 5" facing east, and "18 miles from London" facing west. In 1994, the milestone was turned 90 degrees due to resurfacing work on the pavement.
Local climate
Milestone, 18 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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