Luton Hoo War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Luton Hoo War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-slate-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Luton Hoo War Memorial, Luton Hoo Memorial Park, Tennyson Road, LU1 3RP
- OS grid reference
- TL 092 199
- Coordinates
- 51.86719, -0.41505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Luton Hoo War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated in 1922, located in Luton Hoo Memorial Park. It features a granite obelisk that is rectangular in shape, rising from a pedestal on a two-stepped base. The base of the obelisk includes a carved frieze. On the south-east face, there is a bronze wreath beneath an incised inscription that reads: "LUTON HOO MEMORIAL PARK/ THE SITE OF THIS PARK/ WAS PRESENTED TO/ THE BOROUGH OF LUTON/ BY/ LADY WERNHER/ LADY OF THE MANOR OF LUTON/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GREAT VICTORY/ OF THE ALLIES AND AS A/ MEMORIAL TO HER SON/ ALEXANDER PICOTT WERNHER/ 1ST WELSH GUARDS KILLED IN ACTION 1916/ AND TO ALL THE OTHER GALLANT MEN/ OF LUTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 TO 1918/ ERECTED 1922." The memorial is situated within a circular grassed area that is enclosed by moulded granite kerbing.
Local climate
Luton Hoo War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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