Woburn Sands and Aspley Heath War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Woburn Sands and Aspley Heath War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallow-grate-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central MP: Emily Darlington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Woburn Sands and Aspley Heath War Memorial, C25m South of Woburn Sands Library, High Street, MK17 8RB
- OS grid reference
- SP 929 356
- Coordinates
- 52.01156, -0.6473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Woburn Sands and Aspley Heath War Memorial is located in a garden on the west side of High Street, about 25 meters south of Woburn Sands Library. This memorial is made of rusticated Portland stone and features a tall, tapering pylon that is square in shape, standing on a base with a single step. At the top of the pylon is a small wheel-head cross. A clock, which is a replacement made by Smith in London, is set into the top of the pylon and has faces on three sides, each surrounded by carved laurel wreaths.
The main dedicatory inscription is on a panel on the front face of the memorial, which reads: "LEST WE FORGET/ THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY/ INHABITANTS OF/ WOBURN SANDS AND/ ASPLEY HEATH IN/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THOSE WHOSE NAMES/ ARE INSCRIBED WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY AND THE/ FREEDOM OF NATIONS/ 1914 1918."
An additional panel on the north-east face of the pylon includes later dedications, stating: "THIS TABLET/ WAS ADDED IN MEMORY OF/ (7 NAMES)/ WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE 2ND GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ 'AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.'/ ALSO OF/ (1 NAME)." The rear face of the pylon has a panel that reads: "ENROLLED ARE THEY/ FOR HIGHER SERVICE NOW/ 1914 1918/ (43 NAMES)."
Local climate
Woburn Sands and Aspley Heath 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 84% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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