War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1983. Memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
crumbling-garret-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1983
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial, High Street, Soham
OS grid reference
TL 594 729
Coordinates
52.33163, 0.33856
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial is made of stone and features a figure of a standing infantryman with his head bowed and hands resting on a rifle. There is leaded lettering in recessed panels on the sides of the base and on the plinth.

Local climate

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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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