Pilning War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 2015. War memorial.
Pilning War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-outpost-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 555 851
- Coordinates
- 51.56349, -2.64259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pilning War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was later updated to honor those who lost their lives in the Second World War. It is made of granite and features a wheel cross atop a tall shaft, which stands on a tapering plinth and a square base. The names of the fallen are inscribed in raised lettering on recessed panels on the front and side faces of the plinth. On the front (south) face, the dedication reads: ‘ERECTED IN MEMORY OF’, followed by the names of those who died during the First World War, ‘WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 -1918’. The side faces list the names of individuals who died during the Second World War, with the east face stating, ‘1939 1945/ THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY’, and the west face reading, 'ALSO TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO NOBLY/ RESPONDED TO THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL’.
Local climate
Pilning War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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