Blyth First World War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2016. War memorial.
Blyth First World War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-wicket-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Blyth First World War Memorial, Ridley Park, Park View, NE24 3AY
- OS grid reference
- NZ 319 812
- Coordinates
- 55.12452, -1.50013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blyth First World War Memorial is located at the north-western entrance to Ridley Park, next to the Boer War and Second World War memorials. It features a granite pylon, approximately 4 meters tall, set on a large base with two shallow steps. The design is loosely inspired by Sir Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph, with the pylon tapering back in three stages. A wreath is carved in relief on the middle stage, while the lower stage displays bronze name plaques on three sides.
The main dedicatory inscription is carved into the granite base, which reads: "1914 – 1918/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF BLYTH WHO ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIPS,/ ACHIEVED GLORIOUS DEEDS, AND DIED FOR FREEDOM/ AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR."
Local climate
Blyth First World War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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