Memorials & monuments · West Midlands
War Memorial
Also known as: Cofeb ryfel
In or near Preston Wynne.
War Memorial is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
Pauline Eccles — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Hereford · 5.7 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the War Memorial in Mid Wales, the nearest railway station is Hereford, located 5.7 km away. Entry to the memorial is free.
About
War Memorial is a public memorial in Mid Wales, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the North Herefordshire parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Hereford, about 5.7 km away. Postcode area HR1.
Photo gallery
Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=87739
From Cadw under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Lugg SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
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…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.0877, -2.6366
- District
- Herefordshire, County of
- Parish
- Withington
- Postcode
- HR1 3QA
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Herefordshire
- Nearest railway station
- Hereford — 5.7 km
Sources
- osm: n2294107235 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: War memorial (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is War Memorial?
- War Memorial is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode HR1 3QA), in the parish of Withington.
- What is War Memorial?
- War Memorial is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to War Memorial?
- The nearest railway station is Hereford, about 5.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode HR1 3QA.
- Is War Memorial a listed building?
- War Memorial is officially recognised as II listed.
- Is War Memorial a protected site?
- Yes — War Memorial is part of the River Lugg SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- 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 Hereford, about 5.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode HR1 3QA.