Trafalgar Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Monument. 3 related planning applications.
Trafalgar Monument
- WRENN ID
- dim-roof-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Trafalgar Monument, Clarence Esplanade, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SZ 635 987
- Coordinates
- 50.78477, -1.09942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trafalgar Monument is a memorial located on Clarence Esplanade in Southsea, Portsmouth. It features an anchor from HMS Victory, a ship that was laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. The anchor is set on a battered granite stone plinth with two granite stepped bases. The inscription on the monument states, "The Victory's Anchor Oct. 21st 1805." Additional inscriptions detail the Battle of Trafalgar, noting that the British fleet consisted of 27 ships of the line, while the allied French and Spanish fleet had 33, of which 19 were captured or destroyed by Lord Nelson. Another inscription commemorates Admiral Lord Nelson, stating that he embarked for the last time near this memorial on September 14, 1805, and was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805.
Local climate
Trafalgar Monument receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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