Burnham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 2016. War memorial.
Burnham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- muted-cupola-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Burnham War Memorial, Burnham Park, High Street, SL1 7LW
- OS grid reference
- SU 931 822
- Coordinates
- 51.53179, -0.65844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burnham War Memorial is located in the northwest corner of Burnham Park, accessible from the High Street. It features a freestanding wheel cross made of Portland stone, adorned with decorative Celtic-style knotwork relief carvings. In front of the cross stands a bronze statue of a full-sized soldier in uniform, holding a rifle. Both the cross and the statue rest on a square plinth, which is elevated on a two-stepped base. The memorial is set on an oval grassed mound, bordered by a curved Portland stone wall.
On the plinth, below the bronze figure, the years 1914 – 1919 are displayed in bronze numbers, accompanied by a later brass plaque that reads 1939 – 1945/ AND/ OTHER/ CONFLICTS. The rear of the plinth features a bronze wreath, beneath which is the inscription "THEIR NAMES/ SHALL BE HAD/ IN REMEMBRANCE." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the sides of the plinth.
On the curved wall flanking the entrance to the memorial, the years 1939 – 1945 are presented in bronze letters, surrounded by the names of those who fell during the Second World War.
Local climate
Burnham War Memorial 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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