Bethnal Green War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 2017. War memorial.

Bethnal Green War Memorial

WRENN ID
pale-vestry-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Bethnal Green War Memorial, St John on Bethnal Green Church, 200 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9PA
OS grid reference
TQ 350 827
Coordinates
51.52746, -0.05515
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bethnal Green War Memorial is a granite gabled cross featuring a sculpture of the crucified Christ. The cross is positioned on a plinth made of stones that resembles a cairn, with one stone inscribed with the word "REMEMBER."

Local climate

Bethnal Green 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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