Memorials & monuments · South West England
War Memorial
War Memorial is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
Richard Laycock — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Patchway · 2.9 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
War Memorial is a public memorial in South-West England, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, and is a Ramsar wetland of international importance. It sits within the Thornbury and Yate parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Patchway, about 2.9 km away. Postcode area BS32.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: Severn Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.
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Background
History
It has been suggested that the world's earliest known war memorial is the White Monument at Tell Banat, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, which dates from the 3rd millennium BC and appears to have involved the systematic burial of fighters from a state army. The Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut period (the Assassins) had made a secret roll of honor in Alamut Castle containing the names of the assassins and their victims during their uprising. The oldest war memorial in the United Kingdom is Oxford University's All Souls College. It was founded in 1438 with the provision that its fellows should pray for those killed in the long wars with France. War memorials for the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) were…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5505, -2.5762
- District
- South Gloucestershire
- Parish
- Almondsbury
- Postcode
- BS32 4BN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Thornbury and Yate
- Nearest railway station
- Patchway — 2.9 km
Sources
- osm: n3121248110 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: War memorial (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is War Memorial?
- War Memorial is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BS32 4BN), in the parish of Almondsbury.
- Is War Memorial a protected site?
- Yes — War Memorial is part of the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Severn Estuary Ramsar wetland.
- Is War Memorial free to visit?
- Yes, War Memorial is free to enter.
- How do I get to War Memorial?
- The nearest railway station is Patchway, about 2.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BS32 4BN.