Statue of Nelson on shore of Menai Strait is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 April 1998. Monument.

Statue of Nelson on shore of Menai Strait

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Constituency
Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 April 1998
Type
Monument
Address
Statue of Nelson on shore of Menai Strait, Britannia Bridge, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
OS grid reference
SH 536 710
Coordinates
53.2162, -4.19337
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The statue of Lord Nelson is located on the shore of the Menai Strait. It features a square, battered chamber constructed from rubble masonry, with limestone dressings and a roof platform. Atop this platform stands an octagonal plinth, which supports the statue of Lord Nelson dressed in naval uniform, gazing out over the strait. The circular base of the statue is inscribed with "Clarence Paget Sculpt. 1873." The chamber includes a tapering, square-headed doorway on the north face and a narrow rectangular doorway on the north-northeast face of the octagonal plinth, both fitted with studded plank doors. The upper door opens onto a railed platform, which is flanked by three cast iron balusters on each side. Slate tablets on the west and east faces of the chamber read: "FELL / AT / TRAFALGAR / 1805" on the west and "A LADDWYN / YN / TRAFALGAR / 1805" on the east.

Local climate

Statue of Nelson on shore of Menai Strait sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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