Wellington Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Monument.

Wellington Monument

WRENN ID
heavy-lime-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1970
Type
Monument
Address
Wellington Monument, Hyde Park Corner Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 284 798
Coordinates
51.50294, -0.15143
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wellington Monument is a monument unveiled in 1888, designed by Sir Edward Boehm. It features a bronze equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, which is set on a granite pedestal. Surrounding the pedestal are bronze figures of soldiers positioned at each of the four corners.

Local climate

Wellington Monument sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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