Beckermet War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 2018. War memorial.
Beckermet War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- slow-rotunda-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Beckermet War Memorial, Beckermet Cemetery, Junction of A595 and B5345, Cumbria, CA22 2NX
- OS grid reference
- NY 016 080
- Coordinates
- 54.45792, -3.51858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beckermet War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, located in Beckermet Cemetery at the junction of the A595 and B5345 in Beckermet, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned facing the road junction on a slightly raised mound. The memorial features a polished wheel-head cross with splayed arms atop a tapering shaft, which stands on a rough-hewn square plinth that has a polished face for inscriptions, resting on another rough-hewn square block below. The cross and plinth display inscriptions in incised and blacked lettering.
The inscription on the cross head reads "IN LASTING MEMORY," while the base of the shaft states "THE MEN OF ST JOHN’S PARISH AND BECKERMET VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918" followed by names and the phrase "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE ECCLUS.XLIV.14." On the back, there is a later inscription that reads "ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945" followed by names.
Local climate
Beckermet War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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