The War Memorial Garden is in the centre of Rochester to the south-western side of the High Street and to the north of Rochester Cathedral. The War Memorial Garden was laid out in the years after WWI. The memorial itself was erected in/prior to 1922. The ground it occupies is part of a "Scheduled Monument" - 'open areas within Roman Saxon and Medieval town'. The garden is dominated by a 4m high stone cross which is the main war memorial for Medway and the focus for the town’s Remembrance Day parade. To the south west of this is a brick wall and ornamental wrought iron gate which were erected after the Second World War. There are two commemorative plaques on this wall.