Milestone on NE side of Vardre Road is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 2003. Milestone.

Milestone on NE side of Vardre Road

WRENN ID
sacred-moulding-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 December 2003
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone on NE side of Vardre Road, Clydach
OS grid reference
SN 692 015
Coordinates
51.69772, -3.89334
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This milestone is a rectangular stone built into the wall at the edge of Vardre Road. It features a carved number VI at the top, with the word "Neath" below it.

Local climate

Milestone on NE side of Vardre Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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