Mile Stone at Library is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 July 1997. Milestone.

Mile Stone at Library

WRENN ID
plain-grate-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff East MP: Jo Stevens (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 July 1997
Type
Milestone
Address
Mile Stone at Library, Adamsdown
OS grid reference
ST 195 770
Coordinates
51.48677, -3.16035
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a stone mile marker located in the library garden. The marker is partially buried and features a cambered head. The worn inscription is believed to read "From the Town Hall in Cardiff 1 Mile".

Local climate

Mile Stone at Library sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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