War Memorial Arch to Park is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1974. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial Arch to Park

WRENN ID
sombre-gutter-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1974
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial Arch to Park, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne
OS grid reference
SK 182 468
Coordinates
53.01831, -1.73007
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial Arch to the park was erected after the First World War (1914-1918). It features a stone arch with fluted pillars and main side balustrades, along with additional pillars that have square caps and ball finials. The arch includes bas relief carving and lettering. It is complemented by iron double gates, which are partly wrought and partly cast iron, with some gilding.

Local climate

War Memorial Arch to Park receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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