Urn Commemorating the Battle of Waterloo in the Wilderness Weston Park is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. Memorial.

Urn Commemorating the Battle of Waterloo in the Wilderness Weston Park

WRENN ID
still-rubblework-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1966
Type
Memorial
Address
Urn Commemorating the Battle of Waterloo in the Wilderness Weston Park, High Street, Weston Underwood
OS grid reference
SP 865 507
Coordinates
52.14854, -0.7372
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a commemorative urn on a plinth, erected in 1815 to honor the Battle of Waterloo. The urn features scroll handles and spiral flutings, and it stands on a square plinth. The plinth is inscribed with the words "Adieu to destructive war And Mad Bellona in her iron car. Welcome to our smiling fields again sweet peace" along with the date 1815.

Local climate

Urn Commemorating the Battle of Waterloo in the Wilderness Weston Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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