Statue of William Booth is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Statue of William Booth
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-gravel-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Statue of William Booth, Mile End Road E1
- OS grid reference
- TQ 349 819
- Coordinates
- 51.52005, -0.05573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of William Booth is a Grade II listed bronze bust located on the north side of Mile End Road, E1. The bust is mounted on a square plinth made of white stone, which features chamfered corners. An inscription on the plinth reads: "William Booth Founder and First General of The Salvation Army. Commenced the work of the Salvation Army on Mile End Waste. July 1865".
Local climate
Statue of William Booth 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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- 3 Monument to General William and Catherine Booth in Abney Park Cemetery
- 4 Statue of Mrs Booth in Forecourt of William Booth Memorial Training College
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