As you approach Croston Village on the main road from Mawdesley, Grape Lane, the first monument you pass on your right hand side of the road is the Croston War Memorial. It stands in an enclosure at the road junction with Highfield Road, the main A581 road from Chorley.

The War Memorial, a Grade II Listed structure, is made in granite, and consists of a wheel-head cross with a shaft on a tapering plinth on a two-stepped base. The front of the cross and the shaft are carved with Celtic knot decoration and dates.

There is an inscription on the base of the shaft, and the names of those lost in the First World War are on the sides of the plinth. On the base are plaques with a further inscription and the names of those lost in the Second World War.

(Photographed Thursday 19th March 2026)