Salters Lode War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 2018. Memorial.
Salters Lode War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-paling-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Salters Lode War Memorial, A1122, Downham West, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE38 0BD
- OS grid reference
- TF 584 014
- Coordinates
- 52.58794, 0.33758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Salters Lode War Memorial is a First World War memorial, built around 1920, located on the south side of the A1122 at the edge of Salter’s Lode village in Norfolk. It is made of grey granite and features a rough-hewn wheel-head cross with a Sword of Sacrifice on the front. The memorial stands on a plinth with a two-stepped base. The lower shaft, plinth, and upper step display inscriptions in leaded lettering. The inscription reads: "GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE/ GALLANT FALLEN/ FROM THIS PARISH// (NAMES)// AND OF 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Salters Lode 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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