Wellington Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Rushmoor local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1973. Monument.

Wellington Monument

WRENN ID
stark-landing-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushmoor
Constituency
Aldershot MP: Alex Baker (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1973
Type
Monument
Address
Wellington Monument, Claycart Road
OS grid reference
SU 852 511
Coordinates
51.25338, -0.77988
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wellington Monument, located on Claycart Road in Aldershot, features a bronze equestrian statue created in 1846 by Matthew Coates Wyatt. Originally, this statue was placed atop Decimus Burton's triumphal arch at Hyde Park Corner in London but was moved to its current location in 1885. The statue depicts the Duke of Wellington seated on a standing horse, with his right arm extended and holding a baton. The horse's head is positioned forward. The monument stands on a rectangular stone base with a simple plinth moulding and a wider white stone platform at ground level. Surrounding the monument are 16 guns arranged vertically in an oval shape, with metal caps on the exposed muzzles to which a continuous chain is attached.

Local climate

Wellington Monument receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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