Alston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 2019. A 20th century War memorial.
Alston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- steep-steeple-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Alston War Memorial, Roadside A686, Junction with A689, Cumbria, Alston Moor, CA9 3RP
- OS grid reference
- NY 715 461
- Coordinates
- 54.80896, -2.44417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alston War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, with additions for the Second World War. It is prominently located at the junction of the A686 and A689. The memorial features a Westmorland limestone obelisk that stands about 3 meters high, set upon a tall plinth with a moulded cap and carved wreaths on each of its four faces. The base has a deep moulded foot and is supported by a four-stepped square foundation. Surrounding the monument is a semi-circular area paved with red sandstone slabs, bordered by a wall at the back and a kerb along the roadside. The front of the plinth bears an inscription in incised black lettering that reads: "THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE OF ALSTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 AND 1939 - 1945 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" followed by names of the fallen. Additional names are inscribed on the sides of the memorial.
Local climate
Alston War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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