War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1993. A 20th century War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ancient-bonework-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1993
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Address
- War Memorial, Marine Road Central, Morecambe
- OS grid reference
- SD 430 644
- Coordinates
- 54.07263, -2.87246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Morecambe was completed in 1921 and designed by T H Mawson. It is made of granite and bronze and has a rectangular shape with battered sides. Atop the memorial sits a bronze lion, and the stepped base features inscriptions of the names of those who fell in service. Additional inscriptions commemorating the dead of the Second World War have been added to the north side.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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