# HYDE WAR MEMORIAL TRUST (LOWER HIGHAM FARM)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 228670
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 30, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=228670


## Contact

- **Address:** Hyde War Memorial Trust, Lower Higham Visitor Centre, Higham Lane, HYDE, Cheshire
- **Postcode:** SK14 5LR
- **Phone:** 0161 368 6667
- **Email:** hydewmt@gmail.com
- **Website:** http://hwmt.org



## Activities

**Objects:** MAINTENANCE OF A WAR MEMORIAL ON WERNETH LOW HYDE AND THE HOLDING OF LOWER HIGHAM FARM HYDE, FOR THE GENERAL GOOD RESORT USE AND RECREATION OF THE BOROUGH OF HYDE.

**Activities:** The 1924 Deed states that the land should remain unbuilt upon and used for the resort and recreation of the inhabitants of the Borough of Hyde. The Trust maintains the Cenotaph on the top of Werneth Low. The 1924 Deed states that a wreath be laid at the Cenotaph on the 25th June each year to commemorate the signing of the  Versailles Treaty which ended World War 1.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** BOROUGH OF HYDE
- Tameside





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Jane Durkin** | Chair | Nov. 18, 2021 |
| Anne Sheppeck |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Carole Longson |  | Oct. 26, 2023 |
| Cllr Betty Affleck |  | July 2, 2015 |
| Cllr Christopher Halligan |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| John Bell |  | Nov. 18, 2021 |
| Lee Howard Davenport |  | Oct. 24, 2024 |
| Margaret Halliday |  | July 5, 2017 |
| PETER AINGER |  |  |
| RICHARD EKIN |  | July 21, 2022 |
| Rilly Shibley Alam |  | July 21, 2022 |
| Susan Ellis |  | Nov. 18, 2021 |
| Susan Plackett |  | Nov. 18, 2021 |




