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  • HOME
  • ABOUT MILESTONES
    • What Are Milestones?
      • What Are Milestones?
      • Gallery
    • Where Are Milestones?
      • Where Are Milestones?
      • Milestone Society Repository
    • Caring for or Repairing Milestones
  • ABOUT THE SOCIETY
    • Publications
      • Bookshelf
      • Journal
      • Newsletters
    • Our Projects
      • Our Projects
      • Heritage Walks
    • Resources
      • Useful Links
      • Previous Website
    • The Milestone Society
      • Who We Are & What We Do
      • Contacts
  • JOIN

Future Maintenance

Whatever you do, a long term maintenance plan to keep the milestone free of vegetation and for washing-down annually/bi-annually should be put in place. It is good practice and funders such as HLF are likely to require this. Touching in any chipped paint is helpful, too.

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  • Who owns the milestone?
  • Is it listed? Should the milestone be listed?
  • Who do I talk to?
  • What needs to be done to the milestone?
  • Health and safety essentials
  • Insurance Cover for Milestone Restoration and Related Activities
  • Is it overgrown or covered?
  • Has it fallen over or been knocked over?
  • Is it damaged?
  • Broken metal
  • Replacing a Cast Iron Milestone – a Case Study
  • Replicas and new waymarkers
  • Does it need painting/re-painting?
  • Stone
  • Cast Iron
  • Does it need moving to a safer location?
  • Future Maintenance
  • What about fundraising?
  • For Highways Engineers

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HERITAGE WALKS

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East Midlands

West Midlands

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South West

HON SECRETARY

John Atkinson
Walkley
Walkley Hill
Stroud
Glos
GL5 3TX (Registered Office)

honsec@milestonesociety.co.uk

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