Ringwood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 2016. A Modern War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Ringwood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- far-marble-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Ringwood War Memorial, War Memorial Cross, War Memorial Gardens, Christchurch Road, BH24 1DG
- OS grid reference
- SU 149 050
- Coordinates
- 50.84522, -1.78868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ringwood War Memorial is a Cross of Sacrifice war memorial that was unveiled in 1921. It is a replica of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s 1918 design for the Imperial War Graves Commission.
The memorial is made of Portland stone and features a bronze sword mounted on an octagonal shaft and crossarm. It stands on a stepped octagonal plinth, which has a Nabresina limestone tablet. The plinth has panels on each side; the front panel is inscribed with painted lettering that reads, ‘IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF RINGWOOD / WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR / KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918’. The names of 111 fallen soldiers are listed alphabetically on the other seven plaques.
After the Second World War, a sloped tablet was added to the base, inscribed with ‘ROLL OF HONOUR 1939-1945’, followed by the names of 53 fallen soldiers, and the phrase ‘LET US REMEMBER THOSE WHO WILL NOT RETURN’. The cross is surrounded by chains that are linked to short octagonal piers.
Local climate
Ringwood War Memorial receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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