Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-sentry-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood MP: Lorraine Beavers (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial, Four Lane Ends, Lancashire, FY5 5HH
- OS grid reference
- SD 336 421
- Coordinates
- 53.87172, -3.01072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1923 by sculptor Albert Toft and mason Mr W L Cookson, with additions for the Second World War.
The memorial features a life-sized bronze figure of an infantryman, who has his bare head bowed in respect and rests his hands on the butt of his reversed Lee-Enfield rifle, with the muzzle on his left foot. Behind the figure, there is a Brodie steel helmet and a 1917 issue 'small box' respirator spilling out of its case. The bronze figure is mounted on a square granite shaft that stands on a tapered plinth with a bull-nosed cornice moulding, raised on a two-stepped base. The front panel of the shaft has a dedication in lead lettering that reads: TO OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD / 1914-1918, while the names of 84 fallen soldiers from the First World War are inscribed on the other panels.
The memorial is approached from the rear via a path made of Yorkstone paving slabs, which also surrounds the base. Additionally, the 113 fallen soldiers from the Second World War are commemorated on three granite tablets shaped like open books, located at the front and sides of the memorial within the circular lawn, with their names also in lead lettering.
Local climate
Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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