War Memorial at Junction with Woodthorpe Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. Memorial.

War Memorial at Junction with Woodthorpe Drive

WRENN ID
calm-soffit-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1995
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial at Junction with Woodthorpe Drive, Woodborough Road, City of Nottingham
OS grid reference
SK 589 432
Coordinates
52.98344, -1.1232
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial at the junction with Woodthorpe Drive in Nottingham was built around 1918 and restored around 1990. It is made of Portland stone and features a tapered round shaft supported by four tall buttresses, which is topped with a crocketed pinnacle. The memorial stands on an octagonal pedestal that has bronze plaques. Surrounding the memorial is Portland stone paving and an octagonal boundary wall made of rock-faced Bulwell stone with rounded coping. It includes two cast-iron gates and four lengths of cast-iron railing.

Local climate

War Memorial at Junction with Woodthorpe Drive sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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