Trafford Park War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. War memorial.
Trafford Park War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-ember-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston MP: Andrew Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Trafford Park War Memorial, St Anthony's Church, Trafford Park Heritage Centre, Eleventh Street, Manchester, M17 1JF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 794 967
- Coordinates
- 53.4667, -2.311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trafford Park War Memorial is located outside the north porch of St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church. It is designed as a granite Celtic cross, featuring intricate interlace patterns carved in low relief on the front face, with a hemispherical boss at the center of the cross head. The cross is set upon a tapering plinth that stands on a square base, which is elevated on two steps.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth states: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE BRAVE MEN & LADS/ OF TRAFFORD PARK/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ “WHO DIED FOR US”/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS.” (ST JOHN XV 13).
Names of those who served in the First World War are inscribed on the sides of the plinth and on the front face of the base. Additionally, a rectangular stone on the lower step in front of the memorial commemorates the Second World War, stating: "ROLL OF HONOUR WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (28 NAMES)."
Local climate
Trafford Park War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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