Whittington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2018. War memorial.
Whittington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- winding-pinnacle-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Whittington War Memorial, Churchyard of Christchurch, Whittington Hill, Northwold, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE33 9TE
- OS grid reference
- TL 716 992
- Coordinates
- 52.56397, 0.53075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whittington War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of dark grey marble and is located in the churchyard of Christchurch on Whittington Hill, Whittington, Norfolk. The memorial is prominently positioned by the churchyard wall facing the road. It features a polished marble obelisk with a shaft consisting of two sections, set on a tall, narrow plinth that bears inscriptions, and has a two-tiered base.
The incised inscription reads: THE GREAT WAR/ A.D. 1914 – 1918/ ERECTED/ BY THE PEOPLE OF/ WHITTINGTON/ A.D. 1919/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL BRAVELY/ IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)// 1939 – 1945/ (NAME).
Local climate
Whittington War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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