War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
standing-roof-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1983
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial, the Bank, Parson Drove
OS grid reference
TF 369 084
Coordinates
52.65686, 0.02367
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, dedicated to those who served in World War I, is a polished granite obelisk set on a plinth with a stepped base. It features cast iron enclosure railings with a gate. The memorial also commemorates World War II and includes two inscribed books of remembrance, which are flanked by a small flower container.

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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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