Fakenham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Fakenham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- mired-remnant-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TF 919 296
- Coordinates
- 52.83, 0.84773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fakenham War Memorial is located at the edge of the Market Place, within the pedestrianised Square. It features a stone cross on a tapering shaft, which stands on an octagonal plinth raised on a four-stepped octagonal base. The memorial is enclosed by ornate railings. Inscriptions commemorating those who died in both the First and Second World Wars are carved into the sides of the plinth and the steps, listing the names of the fallen. The inscriptions state:
IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918 (96 NAMES)
IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO FELL/ IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945 (24 NAMES)
Additionally, five more names are inscribed, including two from the Second World War, two from the Korean War, and one from Iraq (1954).
Local climate
Fakenham War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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