War Memorial and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial and Railings

WRENN ID
stony-string-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1986
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial and Railings, Bennett Street
OS grid reference
SJ 949 962
Coordinates
53.46265, -2.07709
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located on Bennett Street in Hyde, commemorates the men of Newton who lost their lives for their country during the First World War from 1914 to 1919. It is made of stone and is accompanied by iron railings. The memorial features a tall, square-shaped shaft adorned with cross motifs at the top and carved panels at the bottom. It stands on a square base that displays the inscription and rolls of honour. The railings are designed with decorative top and bottom rails and have spikes along the top.

Local climate

War Memorial and Railings 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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