Trafalgar Square

It is named after the 1805 battle in which Admiral Nelson's British fleet defeated the French and Spanish off Cádiz. Nelson's Column, 52 metres high, was finished in 1843, and Edwin Landseer's four bronze lions were added in 1867.

Three corners hold statues of kings and generals; the fourth plinth stood empty for a century and a half and since 1999 has shown contemporary artworks that change every two years. Each December a large fir tree goes up, a gift from Norway since 1947 in thanks for help during the Second World War.