War Memorial Opposite St Helen's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1986. War memorial.

War Memorial Opposite St Helen's Church

WRENN ID
stony-rampart-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1986
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial Opposite St Helen's Church, Bridges Lane
OS grid reference
SD 356 012
Coordinates
53.50394, -2.97173
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial located opposite St. Helen's Church was built around 1920 and incorporates a stone that may be from a medieval cross base. It is constructed of stone and features four octagonal steps leading up to a square cross base. The memorial has a chamfered shaft cross topped with a canopied crucifix. Inscriptions are present on the step risers. Notably, the cross base is made from a different type of stone than the rest of the memorial and shows more weathering, with its origin unknown, although many crosses are known to have existed in the area.

Local climate

War Memorial Opposite St Helen's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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