Ramsbottom War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 2018. Memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Ramsbottom War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- white-cobalt-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Ramsbottom War Memorial, Memorial Gardens, Bridge Street, BL0 9AD
- OS grid reference
- SD 791 169
- Coordinates
- 53.64832, -2.31615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ramsbottom War Memorial, built in 1950, commemorates those who served in the First and Second World Wars. It is made of Portland stone and stands on a podium of Yorkstone paving slabs.
The memorial features a Latin cross with an octagonal shaft and cross-arms, topped with conical caps. The front (south) side of the cross displays a black-painted metal sword in its scabbard. The shaft flares out at the bottom to form a square base, which is elevated on a pedestal with chamfered corners, resting on a square plinth. This is situated on a slightly raised base within a circular podium that has a segmental stone curb.
The inscription on the south side is painted black and reads: "URBAN DISTRICT / OF / RAMSBOTTOM // TO THE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE TWO WORLD WARS / 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945 // TO THE HONOURED MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY." The rear and side elevations are plain. It is said that a roll of honour is buried in a casket beneath the memorial.
Local climate
Ramsbottom War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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