Nelson’s Column

Nelson’s Column stands at the centre of London’s Trafalgar Square – laid out between 1829 and 1841 to commemorate Lord Nelson’s victory against the French. Its height is 185-feet from tip to toe, and is topped by a statue 17-feet tall – slightly taller than three Lord Nelsons.

Around the base lie four proud lions, sculpted in bronze by Sir Edwin Landseer in the 1860s. The friezes depict Nelson’s various naval battles – cast from the bronze of a captured French cannon.

The four battles represented are Cape St. Vincent (1797), Copenhagen (1801), Trafalgar (1805) and the Battle of the Nile (1798).

You can also visit architect William Railton’s 1:22 scale model at the National Maritime Museum.

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Address:

Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square,
London
England

Bus route:

3 6 9 11 12 13 15 22 23 24 29 53 87 88 91 94 139 159 177 453

Train station:

Charing Cross BK NR, Embankment BK CR DS NR, Leicester Square NR PC, Piccadilly Circus BK PC

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