Nelson's Column

Nelson's Column Raised in 1843 and today one of London`s best loved and a lot of iconic monuments, Nelson's Column remembers the charismatic one-armed, one-eyed admiral whom defeated the infamous Napoleon during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805! You can extra drama to it by informing the kids (quite correctly) that the working platform that is bronze panels under the statue had been created from the captured and melted down guns of this enemy! Cool! Additionally, there are 3 plinthes along with other famous armed forces statues on round the square, plus a 4th that is now dedicated to artwork that is modern! Final time you had been checked by us could nevertheless purchase bird food and feed the pigeons within the square, a la Mary poppins! Mathematics loving children will enjoy utilising the Imperial Measures carved to the rock associated with the terrace that is north: uncover what the strangely named archaic measurements like Perches and Chains convert to in modern feet and ins! Plus Whovians can check out the authorities field that is tiniest ever built, which is regarding the southeastern corner.