Cranfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 2014. War memorial.
Cranfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-attic-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 July 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 954 420
- Coordinates
- 52.06825, -0.60878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cranfield War Memorial was erected around 1920. It features a plain stone cross with chamfered corners, set on an octagonal plinth and a stepped base. A cast metal sword is attached to the north-west side of the cross. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the plinth, listing forty-three individuals who died in the First World War and nine from the Second World War. The memorial is surrounded by a gravel path and flower beds, and it is enclosed by low metal fencing with a pedestrian gate that opens from High Street to the west.
The inscription reads: "IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE CRANFIELD MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS. 1914-1919 AND 1939-1945 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
Local climate
Cranfield War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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