Leighton Buzzard War Memorial, including a pair of stone benches is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 2020. Memorial.
Leighton Buzzard War Memorial, including a pair of stone benches
- WRENN ID
- inner-garret-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Leighton Buzzard War Memorial, including a pair of stone benches, 50 Metres North East of the Church of All Saints, Church Square, Leighton-Linslade, LU7 1AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 919 249
- Coordinates
- 51.91514, -0.66455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leighton Buzzard War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes names added after the Second World War and one name added after the Korean War. It is made of granite and is located at the top of Church Square, just outside the gate to the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, approximately 50 meters northeast of the church entrance. The memorial is set within a rectangular paved area, which was originally enclosed by railings but is now bordered on three sides by a coped brick wall, not included in the listing. On either side of the memorial are a pair of stone benches that are contemporary with it.
The exterior features a rough-hewn granite monolith set on a square, two-stepped base. A cross is inscribed on the upper section of the front face of the monolith. There are smooth panels near the base on all sides for inscriptions and names, and the upper step is also inscribed. The inscription reads: "THIS/ MONOLITH/ IS ERECTED/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE/ LEIGHTON BUZZARD/ MEN/ WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)."
Local climate
Leighton Buzzard War Memorial, including a pair of stone benches 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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