Cyclists War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2001. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Cyclists War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- keen-entrance-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cyclists War Memorial, the Green, Meriden
- OS grid reference
- SP 239 822
- Coordinates
- 52.43762, -1.64893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cyclists War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920. It features a large granite ashlar obelisk with a stepped top, standing on a pedestal that has an inscription panel on the front. This memorial was erected to honor cyclists who lost their lives in the First World War. In 1963, a bronze plaque was added to the side of the pedestal to commemorate cyclists who were killed in the Second World War.
Local climate
Cyclists War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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