Goldington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 2018. Memorial.
Goldington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-cobalt-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Goldington War Memorial, C55m North of Goldington Green Lower School, Goldington Green, Goldington Road, Bedfordshire, MK41 0AN
- OS grid reference
- TL 075 505
- Coordinates
- 52.14302, -0.42916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Goldington War Memorial is a 4.5-meter tall cross made of Portland stone, located on the south side of Goldington Green, directly across from Goldington Green Lower School and approximately 170 meters southeast of Goldington Hall, which is a Grade II-listed building. The memorial features a Latin cross with a tapering shaft that rises from a tapering pedestal.
On the front (south) face of the cross-head, there is a relief inscription that reads "1914/ IN MEMORIAM/ 1919." A large bronze wreath is attached to the front of the cross-head. The names of those commemorated are displayed in recessed panels at the base of the cross-shaft on the east, south, and west faces. Additionally, there is a recessed panel on the south face of the pedestal that contains the inscription "1939 – 1945/ (17 NAMES)."
The memorial is situated on a raised paved platform, which is enclosed by a low wall and features shallow steps to the south for access to the cross.
Local climate
Goldington War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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