The Royal Marines Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Memorial.

The Royal Marines Memorial

WRENN ID
open-sentry-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Memorial
Address
The Royal Marines Memorial, the Mall Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 299 802
Coordinates
51.50656, -0.12952
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Marines Memorial is a memorial built in 1903 by Sir T. Jackson and Adrian Jones. It features two bronze figures set on a carved Portland stone base, which includes bronze plaques and reliefs. The memorial commemorates the Royal Marines who were killed in South Africa and China.

Local climate

The Royal Marines 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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