Monument

Nelson's Column

📍 City of Westminster, London, WC2N 5DU🏗 1840-01-01🖊 William Railton🏛 Grade I listed building

Nelson’s Column stands in Trafalgar Square as a towering tribute to Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, commemorating his decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and his death there in 1805. The monument was designed by William Railton and constructed between 1840 and 1843, built from Dartmoor granite with a Corinthian capital supporting the Nelson statue, which was carved from Craigleith sandstone by Edward Hodges Bailey. Four bronze lions by Edwin Landseer guard the base, added in 1867, and the pedestal bears bronze relief panels illustrating Cape St. Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, and Nelson’s Trafalgar death, created by Musgrave Watson, William F. Woodington, John Ternouth, and John Edward Carew respectively. The column rises to a total height of 51.66 meters (169 feet 3 inches) from the bottom of the pedestal to the top of Nelson’s hat, making it one of London’s best‑known monuments. …
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