Woodford Green War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2016. Memorial.
Woodford Green War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- waning-bonework-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green MP: Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Woodford Green War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Barnabas, Snakes Lane East, Greater London, IG8 7HX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 412 918
- Coordinates
- 51.60762, 0.03871
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Woodford Green War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson. Additional inscriptions were added after the Second World War and later conflicts.
The memorial features a timber Calvary with a limestone plinth and base, along with a bronze plaque. It is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Barnabas and takes the form of a hooded Calvary with a timber hood and tile covering. Below the cross, there is a small timber plaque inscribed with INRI, and beneath that is a white figure of Christ.
The memorial stands on a square limestone plinth with a two-stepped base. The front face of the plinth displays a bronze plaque dedicated to the fallen of the First World War, listing their names. On the rear face of the plinth, there are two later stone plaques that carry general dedications to the fallen of the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.
The First World War plaque is inscribed with JESU MERCY/ 1914 “THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES.” 1919/ (NAMES). The Second World War plaque reads IN PROUD/ MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/ IN THE WAR OF/ 1939 – 1945/ R.I.P. The dedication plaque for later conflicts similarly states IN PROUD/ MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/ IN ARMED/ CONFLICT/ SINCE 1945/ R.I.P.
Local climate
Woodford Green War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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