Fordingbridge War Memorial Gates is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 2017. War memorial gates.
Fordingbridge War Memorial Gates
- WRENN ID
- errant-tallow-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial gates
- Address
- Fordingbridge War Memorial Gates, Riverside Park, Ringwood Road, Hampshire, SP6 1AN
- OS grid reference
- SU 150 140
- Coordinates
- 50.9261, -1.78703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fordingbridge War Memorial Gates provide access to the Recreation Ground from Ringwood Road. They feature symmetrical gates with vertical bars and dog-rails, topped with ornamental work. The gates are mounted on stone piers that are approximately 3 meters tall, square in shape, and have cornices topped with stone balls. Curved railings flank each side and are supported by a dwarf brick wall with stone coping, which leads to end piers that are about 2.4 meters tall. In front of the two curving dwarf walls, there are small flower beds bordered by stone kerbs.
Each of the main piers displays a rectangular inscribed dedication tablet. The left tablet features the principal dedication along with 20 names, while the right tablet lists 37 names. The dedication reads: "THIS RECREATION GROUND IS A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF FORDINGBRIDGE, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1918." Below each of the First World War name lists, there are later dedications to the fallen of the Second World War, with 10 names recorded on each pier.
Local climate
Fordingbridge War Memorial Gates receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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