Cockfosters War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2017. War memorial.

Cockfosters War Memorial

WRENN ID
hollow-nave-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Enfield
Constituency
Southgate and Wood Green MP: Bambos Charalambous (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 March 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Cockfosters War Memorial, Junction of Chalk Lane and Cockfosters Road, Middlesex, EN4 9JG
OS grid reference
TQ 278 967
Coordinates
51.65492, -0.15251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cockfosters War Memorial is situated at the junction of Chalk Road and Cockfosters Road. It features a stone wheel-head cross on a tapering shaft, which is set upon a tapering plinth that is square in shape. The plinth rests on a three-stepped base.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth states: IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. / (NAMES)

Additionally, the front face of the top step includes a metal plaque that reads: ALSO TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE YEARS 1939 - 45.

Local climate

Cockfosters War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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