Addington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 2017. War memorial.

Addington War Memorial

WRENN ID
distant-quartz-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon East MP: Natasha Irons (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Addington War Memorial, Addington Village Road, Surrey, CR0 5AQ
OS grid reference
TQ 370 639
Coordinates
51.35812, -0.03243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Addington War Memorial is a granite stone cross featuring a carved sword on the front. It is set on a trapezoidal stone plinth, which stands on a square stone base. The front of the plinth has the inscription: "LEST WE FORGET / IN MEMORY / OF THE MEN FROM / ADDINGTON / WHO FOUGHT IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. / 117 SERVED: THE 22 WHOSE NAMES ARE / HERE RECORDED GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / KING AND COUNTRY." The names of the Fallen are inscribed on the right and left sides of the plinth.

Local climate

Addington War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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