Memorial at St Athan Boys' Village is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 2011. Memorial.

Memorial at St Athan Boys' Village

WRENN ID
half-frieze-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 October 2011
Type
Memorial
Address
Memorial at St Athan Boys' Village, West Aberthaw
OS grid reference
ST 026 671
Coordinates
51.39493, -3.40061
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The memorial at St Athan Boys' Village is made of Portland stone and is oriented with its main face facing west. It features a pierced arch set on a rectangular base with a plain moulded plinth, a recessed cap stone, and two steps leading up to the west side. The arch contains a moulded inscription panel that reads: ‘ST ATHAN, DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE YOUTH OF ALL NATIONS WHO FELL THAT WAR MIGHT END BY THE BOYS OF THE SOUTH WALES COALFIELD WHO AT THIS ALTAR DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO COMPLETE THE TASK SO NOBLY BEGUN, 1914-18, 1939-45, AR Y DDAER TANGNEFEDD, I DDYNION EWYLLYS DA.’

Local climate

Memorial at St Athan Boys' Village sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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