Milestone set in the Boundary Wall of Chepstow Racecourse (Piercefield Park) is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 February 2001. Milestone.

Milestone set in the Boundary Wall of Chepstow Racecourse (Piercefield Park)

WRENN ID
first-lancet-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 February 2001
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
ST 519 962
Coordinates
51.66337, -2.69628
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a milestone set into the boundary wall of Chepstow Racecourse, located in Piercefield Park. It features a cast iron plate embedded in a larger white stone, with raised lettering that reads: TO CHEPSTOW 2 MILES.

Local climate

Milestone set in the Boundary Wall of Chepstow Racecourse (Piercefield Park) receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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