Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh

WRENN ID
ghost-merlon-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh, King William Walk, Old Royal Naval College, SE10 9NN
OS grid reference
TQ 383 778
Coordinates
51.48307, -0.00864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh, located at the Old Royal Naval College on King William Walk in Greenwich, is a Grade II listed statue created in 1959 by the sculptor W. McMillan. The statue is a bronze figure of Sir Walter Raleigh, depicted in a standing pose and is under life size. It is mounted on a plain pedestal made of Portland stone.

Local climate

Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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