Alderwasley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 2021. A Modern War memorial.

Alderwasley War Memorial

WRENN ID
ghost-lancet-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 April 2021
Type
War memorial
Period
Modern
Address
Alderwasley War Memorial, Alderwasley Park, Higgs Lane, Derbyshire, DE56 2RE
OS grid reference
SK 326 530
Coordinates
53.07373, -1.51422
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alderwasley War Memorial is a First World War memorial believed to have been completed shortly after 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of granite, concrete, and sandstone and is located within the grounds of Alderwasley Park.

The memorial features a granite Celtic cross with a raised knotwork design, set on a gently tapering square shaft that rises from a cairn made of loose sandstone boulders surrounding a concrete core.

On the north face of the cross shaft, a plaque commemorates the dedication: ALDERWASLEY/ THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ 1914 – 1919. Additionally, a granite slab embedded in the north face of the cairn lists the names of the ten individuals who fell in the First World War.

A further granite plaque affixed to the cross shaft includes the names of the three individuals who fell in the Second World War, along with the dedication 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).

Local climate

Alderwasley War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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