Waterhead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2018. War memorial.
Waterhead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- scattered-lancet-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Waterhead War Memorial, Junction with Brideoak Street, Heywood Street and Huddersfield Road, Greater Manchester
- OS grid reference
- SD 950 058
- Coordinates
- 53.54932, -2.07673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Waterhead War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of sandstone and features a bronze statue.
The memorial is situated in a hard landscaped area at the junction of Brideoak Street and Heywood Street, meeting Huddersfield Road. The bronze statue depicts a soldier advancing in a moment of victory, holding a bayonet in his right hand and raising his helmet in his left. The soldier stands on a tiered pedestal that is atop a tall, four-sided plinth. This plinth has a square cap with a moulded cornice underneath and ends with a moulded foot. It rests on a square, block base, which is set on a narrow, square platform. All inscriptions on the memorial are incised.
The principal inscription on the north-west face of the plinth reads, "TO/ THE MEN OF/ WATERHEAD/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND FELL/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919." On the south-east face, there is another inscription stating, "ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION/ UNVEILED BY/ ELISHA BARDSLEY J.P./ APRIL 17TH 1920." The north-east face features the Second World War dedication, which says, "IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL DURING THE/ 1939-1945/ WAR./ 'AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN,/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.'" Additionally, the north-east face of the base lists the four names of the members of the War Memorial Committee.
Local climate
Waterhead War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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