Arkley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 2017. War memorial.
Arkley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- little-groin-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Arkley War Memorial, Junction of Barnet Road and Rowley Green Road, Greater London, EN5 3JU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 224 958
- Coordinates
- 51.64768, -0.23186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Arkley War Memorial is located at the junction of Barnet Road and Rowley Green Road. It features a tall stone Celtic cross that rises from a square plinth, which is set on a two-stepped base. The front face of the cross is adorned with intricate knot-work carvings, and the shaft includes a carving of a sword. The plinth's front face displays the inscription: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE BRAVE MEN FROM THIS / VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WARS OF 1914 - 1919 / AND 1939 - 1945."
Local climate
Arkley 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 98% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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