North London Railwaymen War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
North London Railwaymen War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-keep-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- North London Railwaymen War Memorial, Hoxton Overground Station, Geffrye Street, Hoxton, E2 8HZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 335 831
- Coordinates
- 51.53151, -0.07579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North London Railwaymen War Memorial is a cenotaph-like column made of Hopton Wood stone, which stands on a granite base and tapers slightly towards a cornice. The front face features a relief of a laurel wreath, with the inscription below reading: "IN MEMORY OF / NORTH LONDON / RAILWAYMEN / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919." The other three faces of the memorial display the names of those who fell.
Local climate
North London Railwaymen War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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