- Nelson’s Column remains one of London’s most famous historical artifacts. Not only is it stunning to look at, its history is always worth dipping into!
- In July 2006, DBR held a dinner party at the top of Nelson’s Column to celebrate the end of the monumental conservation project.
- The actual statue of Nelson, by E H Baily, that tops the column, and the four lions to the base, by Sir Edwin Landseer, were only added in 1867.
- Construction of the monument started in 1841 and was completed in 1843 when the sandstone statue of Nelson was placed on top of the column.
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- From the bottom of the first step to the tip of Nelson’s hat, the height of Nelson’s Column is 51.5m tall. But for a long time, it was quoted to be 56.4m tall.
- Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square has been a landmark in London since it was completed in 1843.
- But how long have you spent really contemplating that spiritual centre of London, Nelson's Column? Not a lot? Well then here's your Londonist landmark lesson.
- On 13 April 1995 Johnny Dawes free-climbed Nelson's Column with Noel Craine, Jerry Moffat and Simon Nadin, and graded the climb as "E6 6b/5a".