Linslade War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 2020. War memorial.
Linslade War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- first-pilaster-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Linslade War Memorial, Linslade Memorial Gardens, Mentmore Road, Leighton Buzzard, Leighton-Linslade, LU7 2UR
- OS grid reference
- SP 913 245
- Coordinates
- 51.91236, -0.67281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Linslade War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It was relocated to its current position in Linslade Memorial Gardens in 1948.
Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial features a Latin cross mounted on a tall shaft that tapers in an octagonal section from an octagonal plinth, which sits on a three-stepped octagonal base. The entire structure is supported by a deep, single-stepped octagonal sub-base, likely intended for use as bench seating.
Inscribed dedications can be found on the plinth and the risers of the three-stepped base. The top step includes the inscription 'TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LINSLADE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR', while the plinth above displays the date '1914 / 1918' along with the names of the 41 local servicemen who died during the First World War. The middle step is inscribed with the date '1939 - 1945' and, along with the bottom step, lists the names of the 20 local servicemen who died during the Second World War. The rear of the memorial features the inscription 'MAY THEY REST / IN PEACE / AND AWAKE TO / A JOYFUL / RESURRECTION'.
Local climate
Linslade War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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