Westleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. War memorial.

Westleigh War Memorial

WRENN ID
long-pilaster-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Leigh and Atherton MP: Jo Platt (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1987
Type
War memorial
Address
Westleigh War Memorial, Firs Lane
OS grid reference
SD 644 003
Coordinates
53.49828, -2.53772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Westleigh War Memorial is a war memorial built in 1919, created by the sculptor Bratt of Leigh. It features a battle-clad figure holding a gun, which stands on a tapering square shaft with a stepped plinth. The front of the memorial is inscribed with the words "To the glorious memory of our fallen heroes," and there are rolls of honour displayed on each side.

Local climate

Westleigh 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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