Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial.
Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-bonework-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial, Churchyard of St James the Great Church, High Street, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 2AA
- OS grid reference
- TF 816 150
- Coordinates
- 52.70307, 0.68651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of St James the Great Church. It features a wheel-head cross with a Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief on the front face. The cross is mounted on a tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoid-shaped plinth, all resting on a two-stepped base.
Later additions to the memorial include smooth granite plaques affixed to the plinth, which list the names of those who fell in the First World War. The front plaque reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF CASTLE ACRE/ AND NEWTON/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945." Below this, it states "1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
Local climate
Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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