23-04-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Campaigners want to move Lord Byron’s statue

A statue of Lord Byron, erected in what was part of Hyde Park at the time but is now marooned in a roundabout, should be moved to a better location, according to a campaign that aims to do just that.
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The sculpture, officially the Byron Memorial Statue, was installed near Hyde Park Corner in 1880 in a tear-shaped slice of the park known as Hamilton Gardens.
However, in the late 1950s, the road layout around Hyde Park Corner was radically changed, with Hamilton Gardens substantially
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