Simpson War Memorial Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Simpson War Memorial Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- quartered-hearth-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central MP: Emily Darlington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Simpson War Memorial Obelisk, 12m West of St Thomas's Church, Junction of Simpson Road and Hamer Road, Simpson and Ashland, MK6 3AD
- OS grid reference
- SP 883 361
- Coordinates
- 52.01713, -0.71457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Simpson War Memorial Obelisk is located on the verge just outside the churchyard, about 12 meters west of the Church of St Thomas, which is listed at Grade II*. It is also near other Grade II-listed buildings. This memorial, made of Cornish granite, stands approximately 3 meters tall and has the shape of a scabbled obelisk with a square base that features a chamfered design. The west face of the pedestal is inscribed with the words "LEST WE FORGET 1914 - 1918." In front of the base, there is an angled granite stone that lists the names of those commemorated, with the years 1914 – 1918 followed by 11 names, and 1939 – 1945 followed by 6 names.
Local climate
Simpson War Memorial Obelisk 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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